The Oxford Guide for Writing Tutors

Preface: A Word About People, Places, and Writing Instruction: A Word About the Work We Do: Writing about Tutoring: A Word about the Book's Structure: Acknowledgements: SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION TO TUTORING WRITING 1. Introduction To Writing and Research Introduction Writing Research Three Concerns for Any Researcher Places To Search for Research in the Field 2. Tutoring Writing: What, Why, Where, and When Introduction What is a Writing Center? What is a Writing Tutor? What is a Writing Center? Historical Views What is Writing Center? Theoretical Views SECTION 2. A TUTOR'S HANDBOOK 3. Tutoring Practices Introduction Foundational Advice for Writing Tutors An Overview of Writing Tutoring Sessions Tutoring Is Conversation Tutoring is Not Just Any Conversation Final Reflections on this Chapter 4. Authoring Processes Introduction Writing Processes Writing Tutors and Writing Processes Authoring Plagiarism Helping Writers With Citation Practices Authoring, Plagiarism, and Writing Tutoring Programs 5. Tutor and Writer Identities Introduction Identity and Writing Tutoring Programs Identity and Tutoring Strategies Tutoring across Language and Culture Differences Tutoring across Physical and Learning Differences U.S. Academic Writing 6. Tutoring Writing In and Across The Disciplines Introduction Academic Writing(s) A Genre-Based Approach to Tutoring Writing Generalist and Specialist Tutoring Strategies for Tutoring Disciplinary Writing and Specialized Genres Strategies for Writing Fellows 7. New Media and Online Tutoring Introduction What's Old About New Media and Online Tutoring? A Rhetorical Approach to Tutoring Tutoring New Media Online Tutoring Reflecting on Our Conceptions SECTION 3. RESEARCH METHODS FOR WRITING TUTORS 8. The Kinds of Research--and The Kinds of Questions They Can Answer Introduction Lore and Method Argument Reliability and Validity Audience Ethics 9. Looking Through Lenses: Theoretically-Based Inquiry Introduction Theorizing Not Theory What is Theory? What is Your Theory? What Can You Do with Your Theory? How Should You Apply Your Theory? 10. Learning From the Past: Historical Research Introduction Why Write History? History, Subjectivity, and Historiography History, Enlightenment, and The Postmodern Condition From Historiography to History: Ways to Read and Evaluate Historical Research Kinds of History Creating Histories People as Scholarly Resources: Creating Oral Histories Collaboration, Accessibility, and the Creation of Writing Center History From Reading and Researching to Writing Histories 11. Show Me: Empirical Evidence and Tutor Research Introduction Types of Empirical Research What Constitutes Empirical Research? On Mixing Methods Reading Empirical Research Quantitative Research Qualitative Research What's Happening Now: Survey Method It's Not Just What You Say, It's How You Say It: Discourse Analysis Isn't that Just Typical! Case Study A Final World on Method SECTION 4. READINGS FROM THE RESEARCH Rebecca Day B. Babcock, "When Something Is Not Quite Right: Pragmatic Impairment and Compensation in the College Writing Tutorial." Brooke Baker, "Safe Houses and Contact Zones: Reconsidering the Basic Writing Tutorial." Alicia Brazeau, "Groupies and Singletons: Student Preferences in Classroom-Based Writing Consulting." Mara Brecht, "Basic Literacy: Mediating between Power Constructs." Renee Brown, Brian Fallon, Jessica Lott, Elizabeth Matthews, and Elizabeth Mintie, "Taking on Turnitin: Tutors Advocating Change." Kenneth Bruffee, "Peer Tutoring and the 'Conversation of Mankind'." Nathalie DeCheck, "The Power of Common Interest for Motivating Writers: A Case Study." Jonathan Doucette, "Composing Queers: The Subversive Potential of the Writing Center." Brian Fallon, "Why My Best Teachers Are Peer Tutors." Jackie Grutsch McKinney, "New Media Matters: Tutoring in the Late Age of Print." Allison Hitt: Access for All, "The Role of Dis/Ability in Multiliteracy Centers." Ruth Johnson, Beth Clark, and Mario Burton, "Finding Harmony in Disharmony: Engineering and English Studies." Neal Lerner, "Searching for Robert Moore." Jo Mackiewicz and Isabelle Thompson, "Motivational Scaffolding, Politeness, and Writing Center Tutoring." Cameron Mozafari, "Creating Third Space: ESL Tutoring as Cultural Mediation." Frances Nan, "Bridging the Gap: Essential Issues to Address in Recurring Writing Center Appointments with Chinese ELL Students." Jennifer Nicklay, "Got Guilt? Consultant Guilt in the Writing Center Community." Claire Elizabeth O'Leary, "It's Not What You Say, but How You Say It (and to Whom): Accommodating Gender in the Writing Conference." Jeff Reger, "Postcolonialism, Acculturation, and the Writing Center." Mandy Suhr-Sytsma and Shan-Estelle Brown, "Addressing the Everyday Language of Oppression in the Writing Center." Molly Wilder, "A Quest for Student Engagement: A Linguistic Analysis of Writing Conference Discourse."