Citation Addison, Joanne. “Narrative As Method and Methodology in Socially Progressive Research.” Practicing Research in Writing Studies: Reflexive and Ethically Responsible Research, edited by Katrina Powell and Pamela Takayoshi, Hampton Press Inc., 2012, 373-383 Summary Joanne Addison starts her article with a reflection on her experiences as a foster parent. This theme weaves throughout her […]
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Pedagogical Discovery
Research Motivation As I sit here pondering and designing a pedagogical research proposal, I find myself wrestling with my (so far) limited experience within English 101 classrooms on our campus. Or, perhaps, a better way of putting it, I struggle approaching this without the experience of a static English 101 class roster to provide […]
Feminist Pedagogy
Jarratt, Susan C. “Feminist Pedagogy.” A Guide to Composition Pedagogies, Tate, Rupiper, Schick, Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 113-131. Summary This essay traces key questions and insights in the field of Feminist Pedagogy. The author synthesizes multiple perspectives on a number of inter-related issues through the lens of gender including: language and genre; discourse in […]
The Teacher Ethos
Citation: Gregory, Marshall. “Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Teacherly Ethos.” Pedagogy, vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 2001, pp. 69–90, Web. Summary: In this article from the first issue of Pedagogy, Marshall Gregory lays out his belief that university faculty members must consider pedagogy as equally important to curriculum development. Gregory starts the article by challenging the assumption […]
“Questions of Intent: Communication Disorder, Transfer, and Writing Pedagogy.”
Vallis, Gina L. “Questions of Intent: Communication Disorder, Transfer, and Writing Pedagogy.” Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture 15.3 (2015): 441-457. Web Summary This article examines communicative intent in the writing classroom through applying lessons from both personal reflections and studies of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The author discusses problem-solving from a […]
An Open Experiment: Honing in on the learning process
I expected a lot more attention being focused on the nitty-gritty details. I think, for better of for worse, I had made the false assumption that English 101 would be geared towards creative writing and not this focus on the much more broad idea of literacy in general. I assumed that time would be spent […]