Aviva Freedman, Carleton University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Carleton University profile.

academic and workplace discourse situated learning and distributed cognition varieties of literacy practices (and implicit cognitive processes)acquisition and development of writing abilities social and cultural construction of genre.

Latest funding

Learning and communicative practices in two undergraduate professional disciplines
SSHRC · 2000 · Principal investigator
$217,350
From school to work: learning through guided participation in socially situated practices
SSHRC · 2000 · Co-investigator
$139,387

All 2 grants and awards

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Learning and communicative practices in two undergraduate professional disciplines

Principal investigatorSSHRC2000Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Freedman, Aviva

Keywords: Communication; learning; professional education; co-operative education; discourse analysis

$217,350

From school to work: learning through guided participation in socially situated practices

Co-investigatorSSHRC2000Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Paré, Anthony

Keywords: Higher education; professional education; school-t-work transition; workplace education

$139,387

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: academic and workplace discourse Dear Professor Freedman, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on academic and workplace discourse connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]