%0 Journal Article
%T DISCIPLINES, LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES, CULTURES Perspectives on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from France and the United States
%A YVES REUTER
%A CHRISTIANE DONAHUE
%J L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature
%D 2008
%I IAIMTE
%X This issue offers a preliminary yet in-depth introduction to research about the teaching and learning of literate activity across the disciplines in higher education in France and the United States: its academic values, educational principles, and genres. The contributing authors represent the forefront of research in each culture; the contributions identify history and evolution, current frames and questions, and a glossary of relevant terms. The issue thus foregrounds convergences across the cul-tures in terms of the rejection of a ˇ°transmissionˇ± model of literate activity and a symbiosis between language and disciplinary content. It foregrounds divergences in terms of theoretical frames, disciplines informing the research, and degree of atten-tion paid specifically to higher education. The contributions lay out valuable future research paths.
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