Effect of Interdisciplinary Team Teaching on Postgraduate Students’ Beliefs and Confidence in Academic Writing ()
ABSTRACT
Writing confidence and beliefs are commonly viewed as important motivational factors to influence writers’ performance. Closely correlated to writing motivation, Interdisciplinary Team Teaching (ITT) has been proposed as a pedagogical means to support postgraduates who face challenges in international writing and publishing. Based on investigations of 22 postgraduates attending a writing course named “Mastering Writing for Presentation and Publication” (MWPP), this study gained new insights into how ITT affected students’ writing beliefs and confidence. Through a comparison between the subjects of MWPP and participants from a one-teacher writing course, our study reported a horizontal level of writing beliefs in two groups and higher writing and course confidence from MWPP participants. The pre/post-tests within the MWPP course showed significant improvements in students’ confidence. In addition, the qualitative dataset revealed that ITT intervention significantly benefited students’ writing motivation. Overall, our study showed that the ITT-supported MWPP course has produced positive influences on the formation and development of ESL postgraduates’ writing beliefs and boosted their writing confidence.
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Liu, X. , Wang, X. , Shi, B. , Li, C. and Chen, W. (2022) Effect of Interdisciplinary Team Teaching on Postgraduate Students’ Beliefs and Confidence in Academic Writing.
Creative Education,
13, 2834-2855. doi:
10.4236/ce.2022.139179.
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