{"product_id":"academic-talk-for-higher-education-marion-heron-9781836088615","title":"Academic Talk for Higher Education: In Support of Equity and Academic Preparedness","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcademic Talk for Higher Education brings together several current debates around oracy, dialogic teaching, and the role that academic talk can play in both widening access to higher education and creating more equitable learning opportunities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the notion that a focus on purposefully using academic discourse in university classroom settings can support students to better engage, argue, and connect with their learning, peers, and educators, Academic Talk for Higher Education examines the relationship between spoken language, equity, and academic preparedness for higher education, and provides a theoretical and empirical account of policy drivers and widening participation cohorts. Working with extensive prior research conducted by the authors focused on 'alternative pathway' teaching contexts-Enabling Education in Australia and Foundation Year Programmes in the UK-chapters draw on teachers' perspectives and experiences of academic literacies to conceptualise the need for more explicit pedagogic focus on academic talk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConcluding with an agenda for both policy and practice to value academic talk as a vehicle for equity, the authors offer recommendations for how to explicitly embed academic talk into the higher education curriculum, and particularly in academic preparation contexts. This is significant at a time of great turbulence in the higher education sectors in both the UK and Australia, and when activities to support widening participation, retention and progression of all university students are needed more than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marion Heron,Sally Baker,Kieran Balloo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1836088612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781836088615\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Emerald Publishing Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Marion Heron","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48440814928127,"sku":"9781836088615","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d81a54ff-c64c-47cb-b353-e342a669c779.jpg?v=1777186844","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/academic-talk-for-higher-education-marion-heron-9781836088615","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}