There are a lot of elusive, moving parts to the question of students’ awareness, coherence, and worldviews. Are they aware? In as much as they seem cognizant, physically present, awake. Are they coherent? In as much as they’ve strung meaningful words in to meaningful sentences on every occasion I’ve given them to do so. Do […]
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Forget Formulas: Teaching Form through Function in Slow Writing and Reading as a Writer
1. Citation Tremmel, Michelle. “Forget Formulas: Teaching Form through Function in Slow Writing and Reading as a Writer.” Composition Studies, vol. 45, no. 2, Fall 2017, pp. 113–129. Web. 2. Summary In this article, Tremmel makes a case for a composition pedagogy that focuses on regular, slow writing practices that involve a reading component which she calls […]
Valuing Writing as a Means of Discovering and Communicating Meaning
As a writing teacher, I believe inherently in each student’s ability to be a writer – and by “ability to be a writer” I mean someone who can access writing as a means of communication and apply the skill of writing to achieve related goals. My personal philosophy as a writing teacher is that writing […]
Criticizing Criticism: Finding Fresh Perspectives in Midst of Tired Conventions
Jacob Babb’s America is Facing a Literacy Crisis address the belief (i.e. “Why Johnny Can’t Write” Newsweek article, also referenced in Branson’s First-Year Composition Prepares Students for Academic Writing) that modern Americans are being failed by the education system and are accordingly becoming both ignorant of and resistant to traditional expectations/rules around literacy and composition. […]