Tag: disciplines
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Transferable Skills vs. Student Interest
In increasing rigidity, Beaufort may be more effective at teaching transferable writing skills, but may also lose the interest of her students.
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week 8: first year comp.
Downs and Wardle advocate for the Writing about Writing approach in FYC, emphasizing writing studies over general writing skills.
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What Matters Most
Deciding how we assess writing can be difficult, but not impossible. Here, I establish where I think I fall, and what brings me to this point.
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week 3: the idea of genre
Discussed is genre and how that both limits and benefits society. It is necessary but also needs to be loose enough to allow for writers to explore.
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Maker of Meaning
What really is a genre, and how do they help us understand what we are reading? Does this categorization make purpose more clear to readers and writers?
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Rejecting the Monster Sandwich Outline
This blog post discusses my beginning-of-the-semester thoughts regarding how we teach writing and who is most suitable for teaching it.
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Constructive Progressive Ideologies
Constructive Progressive Ideologies is important because students should be growing with their lessons. Their lessons should motivate growth.
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Composition Approach Roots
Roots of approach to composition and rhetoric are based on philosophical attitudes. The way these attitudes mesh creates a strong connection.
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Beyond First-Year Composition Disciplines
First-Year Composition Outlines are all the same. But that doesn’t have to be a bad things. The things learned beforehand are still important to relearn.
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Tools of Revision
Revision is more complex then most writers would think, especially when student writers want to learn from experienced writers.