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Northedge, Andrew – Teaching in Higher Education, 2003
Argues that neither traditional "knowledge delivery" models of teaching, nor a purely "student-centered" approach, adequately addresses the challenges of student diversity. Proposes an emphasis on the sociocultural nature of learning and teaching, modeling learning as acquiring the capacity to participate in discourses of an unfamiliar knowledge…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, College Instruction, Discourse Communities, Higher Education