TY  - BOOK
AU  - Govender,Nereshnee
AU  - Andrea,Alcock
TI  - Humanising writting centre practice: Peer tutor reflections at a University of Technology
SN  - 17535921
PY  - 2020///-
CY  - Pretoria
PB  - Unisa Press and Routledge
KW  - Peer tutors
KW  - Writting centre
KW  - Humanising pedagogy
KW  - Reflection
KW  - Community of practice
N2  - Traditionally, universities of technology (UoTs) have focussed on education to prepare students for the workplace. The Durban University of Technology (DUT) is currently undergoing a pedagogical transformation with the inclusion of a general education curriculum that aims to prepare students for an increasingly complex globalised work environment. This critical paradigm shift in curriculum design foregrounds new ways of teaching, thinking and learning based broadly on humanistic principles. Writing centres in universities are positioned to sustain a teaching and learning environment in which students grow as critical citizens. This article reports on research that explored – through the thematic analysis of tutor reflections – how a humanising pedagogy underpins a responsive writing centre practice within the changing South African context. Thematic analysis of the tutors’ reflections revealed their self-awareness of the significance of communities of practice in their work. These communities of practice could be seen to cultivate a humanising pedagogy within writing centre work, which might contribute to the aesthetic, socio-political and cultural environments in which students live and
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1080/18146627.2018.1467735
ER  -