Writing Program and Writing Center Collaborations

Transcending Boundaries
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-137-59931-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 275 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4955 g

This book demonstrates how to develop and engage in successful academic collaborations that are both practical and sustainable across campuses and within local communities. Authored by experienced writing program administrators, this edited collection includes a wide range of information addressing collaborative partnerships and projects, theoretical explorations of collaborative praxis, and strategies for sustaining collaborative initiatives. Contributors offer case studies of writing program collaborations and honestly address both the challenges of academic collaboration and the hallmarks of successful partnerships.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gaillet, Lynée Lewis

Myatt, Alice Johnston

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Hochschuldidaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- 1 Enacting Partnerships: Writing Programs, Writing Centers, and the Collaboration Continuum.- 2 Crafting Collaboricity: Harmonizing the Force Fields of Writing Program and Writing Center Work.- 3 Using Autoethnography to Bring Together Writing Center and Composition Practicums.- 4 The Dynamics of Collaboration and Hierarchy: Developing, Assessing, and Revising a First-Year Composition/Writing Center Partnership.- 5 Breeding Partnerships: Examining a Decade-Long Collaborative Praxis between Animal Sciences and English Departments.- 6 How STEM Can Gain Some STEAM: Crafting Meaningful Collaborations between STEM Disciplines and Inquiry-Based Writing Programs.- 7 Turning Stories from the Writing Center into Useful Knowledge: Writing Centers, WID Programs, and Partnerships for Change.- 8 Collaborative Development:  Reflective Mentoring For GTAs.- 9 The Multiliteracy Center as Collaboration Tool.- 10 Meeting the World: Negotiating Meaning at the Writing Studio.- 11 Collaborating to Support International Student Writers.- 12 Illuminating Collaboration: Bringing the Writing Program to the Community.- Afterword.

Über Autor(innen)

Alice Johnston Myatt is Assistant Professor and Assistant Chair of the Department of Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Mississippi, USA. Myatt develops and teaches composition classes, is Academic Coordinator for the minor in Professional Writing, and chairs the planning team for the department’s annual Transitioning to College Writing Symposium.
Lynée Lewis Gaillet is Professor and Chair of the English Department at Georgia State University, USA.  She is author of numerous articles and book chapters addressing Scottish rhetoric, writing program administration, composition/rhetoric pedagogy, publishing matters, and archival research methods. She is a recipient of an NEH Summer Research Award and ISHR Fellowship.