Learning to Become a Professional in a Textually-Mediated World: A Text-Oriented Study of Placement Practices

by Ken Lau

The book presents a text-based study of discourse practices in placement, a hybrid zone which re-contextualises academic knowledge and professional practices. Using Lave and Wenger's Communities of Practice as the overarching theoretical framework, the study investigates how novices learn to write like their professional counterparts. By collecting texts completed in various placement contexts and in-depth qualitative interviews with informants, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3034310161
• ISBN13: 9783034310161
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.