Our Class Blog
Come along as we explore Writing Pedagogies, historical to progressive. New posts arrive each week from late January through early May, 2023.
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It’s All Connected
Everything we read (or even watch and listen to) connects to another piece. In this blog, I cover my opinion on genre in conjunction to writing.
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Your Mind as a Garden
Through reading from a variety of gardens, you can diversify the content of your soil and grow increasingly beautiful and more interesting crops.
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Complexities of Genre
Is genre a complex discourse? Or are we just trying to perplex ourselves? Amy J. Devitt discusses genre’s origins, beginning with Aristotle.
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Language, Ethics, and Expertise
In this piece I cover ethics in writing, language and the different meanings it has in different contexts and the application of knowledge.
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Pettygogy: In Defense of Writing
Pedagogy has evolved — but for worse. A new era of education has emerged, and it is hurting students’ most fundamental skill — writing.
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Round 2: Threshold Concepts
Want to learn about more threshold concepts within writing students? Look no further! This week we deepen our understanding even more!
Categories
- About the Class (1)
- Disciplinary Origins (Week 1) (15)
- Historical Approaches (43)
- Beaufort (Week 9) (14)
- Downs & Wardle (Week 8) (13)
- Fulkerson & Berlin (Week 7) (14)
- National Standards (Week 6) (16)
- Progressive Pedagogies (41)
- Threshold Concepts (70)
- Authority & Experience (Week 4) (17)
- Genre (Week 3) (16)
- Knowledge & Expertise (Week 2) (15)
- Revision (Week 5) (17)
- Uncategorized (2)
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