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Title:
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ONLINE ABSTRACT MENTORING FOR INDUCTING EARLY CAREER HIV RESEARCHERS INTO SCIENTIFIC LITERACY PRACTICES: EXPERIENCES FROM THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCES |
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Author(s):
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Gurmit Singh |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-83-6 |
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Editors:
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Miguel Baptista Nunes and Maggie McPherson (series editors: Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen) |
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Year:
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2009 |
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Edition:
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V I, 2 |
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Keywords:
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Online mentoring, HIV AIDS, literacy, social practice, abstract writing, learning as participation |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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191 |
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Last Page:
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198 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Many early career HIV researchers from resource-limited settings are not familiar with the practices of writing up and
publishing research for competitive international conferences or journals. Yet, there is an increasing need for research
and its dissemination by early-career practitioner-researchers, who are producing knowledge from the front lines of
practice. This will support continuous improvement in scaling-up HIV prevention, treatment, care and support, and
research capacity building. This paper reports on an online abstract mentoring programme conducted by the International
AIDS Society aimed at early career researchers. The programme began in 2004, and, in its current form, took place
before the AIDS 2008 and IAS 2009 conferences. The paper explores how online mentoring can, in addition to building
useful skills, enhance the induction of novices into the literacy practices of a global learning community. With a situated
and constructivist view of online teaching and learning, I consider the implications for redesigning future global AIDS
conferences as collaborative capacity-building spaces, via the use of Web 2.0 technologies that can make access to
desirable literacy practices more equitable. |
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