Argumentation in Higher Education: Improving Practice Through Theory and Research (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415995016)

Richard Andrews has ten years of experience teaching English, Drama, and English as a Second Language in schools in Yorkshire, London and Hong Kong. Since then, he has worked on initial and continuing teacher education at the universities of Hull, Middlesex (London), York, the Institute of Education (London) and New York University. He is the author and editor of a number of books on argument, including Narrative and Argument (Open University Press, 1989), Teaching and Learning Argument (Cassell, 1995) and, with Sally Mitchell, Essays in Argument (Middlesex University Press, 2000) and an edited collection of academic essays, Learning to Argue in Higher Education (Heinemann/Boynton-Cook, 2001). His research interests are in argumentation (verbal and visual), visual literacy's and e-learning. He continues to run workshops and courses for teachers and students: most recently 'Dramatic Activities in the English Classroom' and 'Educational Linguistics' at NYU, and 'Argumentation and Education' at The University of York.