We share effective writing pedagogies, explore what’s worked, refine what’s in-process, and theorize new turns (often from within bigger, more complexly challenging turns). Our focus is on teaching, and our goal is to support teachers, students, and scholars. We hope to be especially valuable as curators, identifying and radiating our sense of how pedagogies are evolving in light of various thrilling and provocative language trends, phenomena, and events.
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Carol Zuses started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2019 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 2 months agoThe next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2019, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the January 2019 convention in Chicago. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nom…[Read more]
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Suzanne Blum Malley started the topic Dont’ Miss the RCWS Literacy Studies Sessions at MLA 2018! in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 10 months, 4 weeks agoRCWS Literacy Studies Sponsored Sessions:
402. Literacies in Motion: Crossing National, Cultural, Generational, and Local Borders
FRIDAY, 5 JANUARY 5:15 PM-6:30 PM, CONCOURSE D (HILTON)
Sponsoring Entity: RCWS Literacy Studies
Presentations
1. Digital Stewards of Alaska Native Languages and Literacies, Jennifer Stone (U of Alaska,… -
Ian Barnard started the topic Candidate for Writing Pedagogies forum executive committee in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 1 year agoDear Colleagues,
I have been nominated to stand for election to the executive committee of the Writing Pedagogies forum, so I wanted to tell you a bit about myself and my commitments.
In my scholarship over the years, I have argued that we teachers of writing need to debunk common dispositions and practices around writing pedagogy (e.g., about…[Read more]
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Simone Sacchi deposited HuMetricsHSS: towards value-based indicators in the Humanities and Social Sciences in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 1 year, 1 month agoThis presentation will introduce the HuMetricsHSS (Humane Metrics in the Humanities and Social Sciences) initiative, which aims to develop and support a values-based framework of indicators for excellence for the humanities and social science in academia and, by extension, academic libraries. This value-based evaluation paradigm uses metrics only…[Read more]
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Amanda Licastro deposited Composition and Writing with Sources in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 1 year, 3 months agoCourse Description: Develops the ability to write clear, coherent, and well-developed expository prose. This course requires analytical reading and critical thinking and includes instruction and practice in research methods and writing from sources.
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Shawn Moore deposited ENC 1101: Composition and Rhetoric in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 1 year, 3 months agoThis is the Fall 2017 full course syllabus for ENC 1101: Composition and Rhetoric to be taught at Florida SouthWestern State College.
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Shawn Moore deposited ENC 1101: Composition and Rhetoric in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 1 year, 3 months agoThis is the Fall 2017 full course syllabus for ENC 1101: Composition and Rhetoric to be taught at Florida SouthWestern State College.
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Nicky Agate started the topic Think the academy has its values & incentives all wrong? in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 1 year, 3 months agoDear colleagues,
Forgive the intrusion, but I thought some members of this group might be interested in the following (and the HuMetrics team would certainly be interested in hearing the perspectives of those interested in writing pedagogies):
Are you concerned about the growing reliance on quantitative metrics to evaluate research—and p…[Read more]
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William A. Gleason started the topic Princeton University Press Call for Submissions in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 1 year, 9 months agoNow welcoming submissions, The Pocket Instructor: Writing (edited by Amanda Irwin Wilkins and Keith Shaw) will be a collection of creative exercises for teaching academic writing in the undergraduate classroom. It follows in the footsteps of The Pocket Instructor: Literature, edited by Diana Fuss and William A. Gleason (Princeton University Press,…[Read more]
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David Laurence deposited Trends in Bachelor’s Degrees in English and Other Selected Fields of Study, 1987–2015 in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 1 year, 10 months agoPrepared for session 366 on the 2017 convention program, Shapes of the English Major Today, arranged by the ADE Ad Hoc Committee on the English Major, this presentation summarizes trends in bachelor’s degree completions using time series degree completions data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education System (IPEDS), as compiled by the National…[Read more]
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Julie Ward replied to the topic CFP MLA 2017: Specifications Grading: Case Studies in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 1 year, 10 months agoCorrection: This is for presentation at the 2018 Convention of the MLA.
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Julie Ward started the topic CFP MLA 2017: Specifications Grading: Case Studies in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 1 year, 10 months agoInteractive workshop focusing on Nilson’s Specifications Grading. Presenters share best practices for specs grading in the classroom, using real examples. 250-word description of use of specs grading by 1 March 2017; Julie Ward (wardjulie@ou.edu) and Ashwini Ganeshan (ganeshan@ohio.edu).
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Anne Geller deposited Millions of Dollars Might Get You Into the MLA: When NEH Funding Shaped the State of Writing Studies in English Studies in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 1 year, 10 months agoPanel Title Writing Studies at the MLA: The Past and Future of English Studies
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Laura Lisabeth deposited When William Strunk Was A Philologist He Thought of Grammar as a Folder in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 1 year, 10 months agoIn this paper, I show how, as a philologist, William Strunk’s approach to language was a rich historical and rhetorical experience far from the prescriptivism E.B. White ascribes to him in the first edition of The Elements of Style (1959). An interesting historical parallel exists between Strunk’s tenure as a PhD student in philology at Cornell…[Read more]
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Carol DeGrasse deposited MLA 8 Documentation Presentation (with Creative Common License) in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 2 years agoThe presentation is a Powerpoint slide show that covers the new MLA 8 documentation for classroom use. The presentation covers the nine core elements, with brief explanations and examples of how to properly use them in writing citations.
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Nicky Agate deposited Humanities Values Infographic in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 2 years agoThis infographic represents an in-progress attempt by the #Humetrics team at TriangleSCI to pin down values that, if encouraged and incentivized in the academy, would enrich and improve humanities scholarship. It is meant to start a conversation. What are we missing? See more about the process and thinking behind this approach at…[Read more]
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Brooke Carlson deposited Twitagogy: Writing, Information Literacy, Written Communication, and 21st-Century Pedagogy in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 2 years agoTechnology is transforming twenty-first century education. Central to the study of English Literature is critical thinking and writing, and with the advent of digital texts (along with the precursor – digitized writing) the space of the discipline continues to expand. One way to get at what is being done in the study of literature is to explore…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate deposited The Syllabus as Scholarship in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 2 years, 1 month agoOne of a series of blog posts reflecting on #HumetricsHSS, the work of the Humane Metrics for the Humanities team at the Triangle Scholarly Communication Institute in 2016.
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Laura R. Braunstein deposited Approximating the University: The Information Literacy Practices of Novice Researchers in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 2 years, 1 month agoIn a seminal essay, David Bartholomae asserts that novice writers need to “invent the university by assembling and mimicking its language.” Instructors and librarians who work with beginning academic writers confirm Bartholomae’s assertion. Our research asks how, precisely, novice writer-researchers go about inventing the university before they…[Read more]
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Val Dumond replied to the topic Member news to share? in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 2 years, 2 months ago
After a five year struggle, my book, American-English: The Official Guide, has been published and is available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kindle. Not a “rule” book, it is aimed at writers and emphasizes the benefits of creating Your Style Manual and recording personal choices of grammar and punctuation usage. A special section offers…[Read more]
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