Section programme I
Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Hovedinnhold
Thursday Oct 7th 13.45-17:
Writing Development: Lessons from practical experiences
13.45 – 14.15: Birger Solheim, Director of Academic Writing, University of Bergen: Reading to write: How to use exemplary texts in the discipline in order to improve student writing?
14.15- 14. 45: Frøydis Hertzberg, Professor of Norwegian Didactics, University of Oslo:Genre knowledge: How to teach students genres of academic writing at different levels?
14.45- 15.15: Sandra Halverson, Professor of English, University of Bergen: Learning to write in a foreign language: Challenges at many levels.
Coffee break 15.15 -15.45
15.45 -17.00 Panel discussion: Institutional responsibilities for academic writing?
Chair: Professor Frøydis Hertzberg, ILS, UiO
Participants:
Marit Allern, former Vice Dean of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tromsø
Anders Johansen, Department of Information Science and Media Studies, Faculty of Social Science, University of Bergen
Kjell Arild Madssen, former Dean of Humanities and Teacher Education, Volda University College
Jan Oldervoll, Dean of Education, Faculty of Humanities, University of Bergen
Birger Solheim, Director of Academic Writing, Faculty of Humanities, University of Bergen
Friday Oct 8th 11.45- 13.00
Professor Olga Dysthe, Department of Education, University of Bergen:
Important factors in building writing competence from bachelor to PhD: Some findings from my own research and experience 1990-2010.
