Hi John and all,
Here at Exeter, we are fortunate enough to have one Learning
Adviser who has both a natural science and social science
background. Since then, however, she has gained extensive
special needs experience and has worked mainly in this area.
My answer to John's question (about whether science students
differ from humanities students in the kinds of issues they
seek to deal with) would be that is depends what level
they're studying at. So far, I've found that undergrad
science students don't differ that much. For a few years now,
I've been involved in an initiative run through the dept of
Engineering where first year undergrads produce weekly
learning reviews. The issues that come up on these are very
similar to those experienced by undergrads from all other
disciplines.
Postgrads are a different story because they often have to
write in very specific formats. On our Effective Researcher
Programme for PhD students, for example, we have one writing
workshop for humanities students which I deliver (my
background is in English Literature and Language) and one for
science students run by the colleague who has a science
background. I do feel that your first specialism gives you
the "commonality" Sandra mentions, and I would also suggest
that it gives you a kind of inituition about what makes, say,
an English essay "good", even if you did your degree (ahem)
over twenty years ago.
Enough said. Back to work.
Sarah
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