Overcoming barriers : student use of online writing and referencing guide

Robyn Gregson

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    Abstract

    ![CDATA[The central focus of this paper is an investigation of how students in the School of Education at University of Western Sydney (UWS) use a web site that has been designed to assist them overcome some of the barriers they have in the preparation of tertiary assignments. At UWS teacher education, in general, is by graduate entry with up to one third of students completing their undergraduate qualifications in a country other than Australia and in a language other than English (Kell and Gregson 2006). The participants have undergraduate degrees from a wide range of disciplines, universities and countries. With such diverse backgrounds comes a diversity of writing and referencing quality.]]
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationGlobal student mobility in the Asia Pacific : mobility, migration, security and wellbeing of international students
    EditorsPeter Kell, Gillian Vogl
    Place of PublicationU.K.
    PublisherCambridge Scholars
    Pages99-116
    Number of pages18
    ISBN (Print)9781443819084
    Publication statusPublished - 2010

    Keywords

    • writing
    • study and teaching

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