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The Use of Cognitive and Social Apprenticeship to Teach a Disciplinary Genre: Initiation of Graduate Students Into NIH Grant Writing

Huiling Ding·2008·Written Communication

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This study reports about a yearlong study of the initiation of novice grant writers to the activity system of National Institutes of Health grant applications. It investigates the use of cognitive apprenticeship within writing classrooms and that of social apprenticeship in laboratories, programs, departments, and universities, which introduced students to the genre system of National Institutes of Health grant proposals and helped them in moving from peripheral participation to more central participation. While cognitive apprenticeship employs devices such as modeling, scaffolding, coaching, and collaboration to enhance learning in formal settings, social apprenticeship requires socialization, interaction, and collaboration with experts, colleagues, and peers in informal settings to acquire disciplinary knowledge and experiences. The study suggests that writing instructors should acknowledge and incorporate resources in other activity systems in which students participate, i.e., their laboratories and home departments, and teach genre systems rather than specific genres to better facilitate students' enculturation to activity systems of disciplinary discourse communities.

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Authors
Ding, H.
Affiliations
Clemson University (US)
Corresponding author
Huiling Ding
Venue
Written Communication
Published
2008-01
Volume
25
Issue
1
Pages
3-52
ISSN
  • 0741-0883 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-8472
OpenAlex
W2005853585
Cited by
84
References
71
Citations by year
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FWCI
15.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Written Communication (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
  • Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Innovative Education and Learning Practices
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
Keywords
cognitive apprenticeship, disciplinary genres, grant writing, activity systems, enculturation, peripheral participation, scaffolding, writing instruction

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