The College Writing Toolkit
Tried and Tested Ideas for Teaching College Writing
1st Edition
Published on 1. June 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
386 pages
978-1-84553-453-0 (ISBN)
Description
Every writing teacher needs a toolkit of good lesson plans and inspiring assignments. "The College Writing Toolkit: Tried and Tested Ideas for Teaching College Writing" is just such a practical resource, offering practical tools for both new and experienced teachers seeking to expand their professional repertoire. The Toolkit provides a collection of tried and tested methods and techniques for eliciting and working on students' writing in a college or university environment. Contributors from all over the world reflect on best practices for teaching writing and for generating writing assignments that help college or university students to learn and to express themselves with confidence, clarity, and originality and in a range of genres. Each contribution is written in a format specifying the theoretical and conceptual framework of the pedagogical activity, its purpose, audience, and intended outcomes. Contributors also describe the situations in which the activity has been tried, what the results have been, and how the activity has been modified accordingly. An important aspect of the descriptions is the contributors' reflections on the value of the activity and their recommendations for applying it for best results in the same and different types of contexts, such as for different types of institutions and audiences of students. Those who incorporate the practices of the Toolkit in their own teaching can therefore benefit from another practitioner's understanding and experience gained from refining an activity over time to enhance its effectiveness. College and university writing teachers can use and creatively adapt these activities to help their students improve their writing process, use writing as a mode of thought and reflection, master writing genres, and write effectively in their course assignments. The Toolkit is a resource for both novice and experienced writing teachers looking to try something different or new in their classes with a knowledge of a previous context in which it has been successful. By using the practical tools in "The College Writing Toolkit", college/university writing teachers can expand their repertoire while gaining experience that connects them to the practices of others in the field in the ongoing expansion and refinement of the tools of the writing trade.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
560 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84553-453-0 (9781845534530)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Pennington: Georgia Southern University, Burton: City University, Hong Kong
Content
Introduction 1. Tools of the Trade: The College Writing Teacher in a New Age Pauline Burton and Martha C. Pennington Part 1. Writing from Personal Experience 2. The Personal Essay as a Tool to Teach Academic Writing Olivia Archibald, St. Martin's University (USA) 3. Snapshots of Our Literacies Michelle Cox, Bridgewater State College (USA) Katherine E. Tirabassi, Keene State College (USA) 4. Empowering Basic Writers Through This I BelieveA" Essays Molly Hurley Moran, University of Georgia (USA) 5. Local Heroes, Local Voices Pauline Burton 6. A Funny Thing Happened To Me: Introducing Oneself Through Humor Martha C. Pennington Part 2. Argumentation and Writing from Sources 7. The Delayed ThesisA" Essay: Enhancing Rhetorical Sensitivity by Exploring Doubts and Refutations Sara Pace, Lamar University (USA) 8. Literature-with-Exposition: A Critical Thinking and Writing Assignment Gita DasBender, Seton Hall University (USA) 9. Paraphrase Integration Task: Increasing Authenticity of Practice in Using Academic Sources Zuzana TomaA', University of Utah (USA) 10. Teaching Critique Writing: A Scaffolded Approach Nahla Nola Bacha, Lebanese American University (Lebanon) Part 3. Writing for Specific Contexts 11. Academic Discourse Community Mini-Ethnography Dan Melzer (California State University, Sacramento (USA) 12. Using Writing Across the Curriculum Exercises to Teach Critical Thinking and Writing Robert Smart, Quinnipiac University (USA) Suzanne Hudd, Quinnipiac University (USA) Andrew Delohery, Quinnipiac University (USA) 13. Writing the ProfessionalA": A Model for Teaching Project Management in a Writing Course Sky Marsen (Victoria University of Wellington (NZ) 14. Writing for an Authentic Audience Kate Kessler, James Madison University (USA) Part 4. Interactive and Self Assessment of Writing 15. The Write Path: Guiding Writers to Self-Reliance Lisa Nazarenko, University of Vienna (Austria) Gillian Schwarz, University of Vienna (Austria) 16. Conference-based Writing Assessment and Grading Robert T. Koch, Jr., University of North Alabama (USA) Part 5. Working With Technology in the Writing Class 17. Scavenger Hunt: A Model for Digital Composing Processes Sally Chandler, Kean University (USA) Mark Sutton, Kean University (USA) 18. Virtual Mediation: Audio-Enhanced Feedback for Student Writing Carter Winkle, Barry University (USA) 19. Academic Writing in the Foreign Language Class: Wikis and Chats at Work Ana Oskoz, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (USA) Idoia Elola, Texas Tech University (USA)