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Ms Rebecca Westrup
Thesis Working Title
An exploration of the role of essay writing in the lives of student learners: Theorising undergraduate students' learner identities.
Research Interests
Students' relationships with and the development of their academic writing
Using a multi-methodological framework I am currently exploring the experiences of undergraduate students within the context of essay writing at university.Adopting a theoretical framework which draws on Socio-cultural theory, specifically Communities of Practice (Wenger, 1998) and Figured Worlds and Subject Positions (Holland et al., 1998), I intend to develop an argumentthat it is important to explore the relationship between undergraduate students' experiences of essay writing and the role that this plays in their lives as learners at university. In particular, how students become learners through their agency, participation and negotiation of the academic writing practice.
Supervisor: Dr. Yvette Solomon
The development of Socio-cultural theories including Communities of Practice, Activity Theory and Figured Worlds
Current Teaching
Psychology in Education 103
Other Interests and Hobbies
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Widening Participation
Associated research centres: Psychology in Education (PinE)
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