Writing Centers in the Higher Education Landscape of the Arabian Gulf (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Barnawi, Osman Z.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the variety of Writing Centers across the Arabian Gulf countries and the movement which is promoting their development

Highlights the similarities and differences between the range of Writing Centers alongside those across the global stage

Argues that these Writing Centers need to create their own unique identities and continue to develop for the future

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 259
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319553665
• Artikelnr.: 52941842

Autorenporträt

Dr Osman Z. Barnawi (PhD in Composition and TESOL) is the former Managing Director of Yanbu English Language Institute as well as the founder of the Writing Centers at the Royal  Commission Colleges and Institutes, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. He is now the Managing Director of Yanbu Technical Institute at the Royal Commission Colleges and Institutes.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: Historical Review of Writing Center(s) across the Arabian Gulf countries.- Chapter 1. The Emergence of Writing Centers in the Saudi Higher Education Landscape: A Genealogical Investigation; Hamid Ali Khan Eusafzai.- Chapter 2. A Critical Re-Reading of the History of Writing Centers in the UAE; Ayman Elsheikh & Jessica Winters.- Chapter 3. Writing Centers in Higher Education Institutions in Qatar: A Critical Review; Julian Williams, Abdelhamid Ahmed & Waheed Adeyimika Bamigbade.- Chapter 4. The Evolution of Writing Centers in Bahrain: A Multipronged Analysis; Joel C. Meniado.- Chapter 5. Development of Writing Centers in Oman: Tracing the Past, Understanding the Future; Khalid Al-Bishi.- Chapter 6. The History of Writing Centers in Kuwait: Critical Perspectives; Salih Abdullah & Inan Deniz Erguvan.- PART II: Writing Center(s) on the Ground.- Chapter 7. Developing Students' Critical Thinking Skills in Writing at a Saudi Arabian Writing Center; Lawan Dalha.- Chapter 8. ThereMay Have Been Other Stuff Going On: Affective Labor and the Writing Center as a Safe House; Ken Nielse.- Chapter 9. Writing Support in a Transnational Context: De-centring the Writing Center in a Medical College in Qatar; A.S. Weber and A.H. Larson.- Chapter 10. Writing Centers in Bahrain: Negotiating the Technologies of the Self; Sajjadllah Alhawsawi & Nasreen Mahmood Al Aradi.- Chapter 11. Negotiating Pedagogies in Omani Writing Centers; Raniah Kabooha.- Chapter 12. SWOT Analysis of GUST Writing Lab; Inan Deniz Erguvan.- Chapter 13. A Review of Writing Centre Tutor Training Materials in the GCC; Tony Schiera.- PART III: Comparative Investigations of Writing Centers in the Arabian Gulf Countries.- Chapter 14. Writing Centers in the Higher Education Landscape of the Arabian Gulf: Dialogic Investigations; Habib Bouagada.