At 03:08 PM 7/23/2004 +0000, you wrote:
I also heave a deep sigh - as the all specializations required assume
a person who can " to meet all contingencies, ESL issues, student with
learning disabilities, become knowledgeable about writing requirements of
faculty in all disciplines, Keep abreast of the latest scholarship in the
field of composition/rhetoric. ....." would mean practically someone who
has had extensive teacher training, curriculum theory, an
instructional education research and theory background, and
inter-disciplinary academic writing background and so forth, and yet the
job is constructed as belonging in the naturalized, care-giving services,
contingent labour supply side of the University - Interesting. The job
also has a ten month renewable tenure.
Has anyone read Gypsy academics and mother-teachers : gender, contingent
labor, and writing instruction / Eileen E. Schell - it deals with the USA
university context - but is certainly applicable to Canadian contexts
and the construction of writing instruction as the mother-work of the
university.
>Hi Grant:
>Thanks for sending that along, but isn't it depressing? A
>PH.D preferred, starting at around 26,000 when pro-rated.
>Will we ever overcome?
>Linda
>
> > Here is a link for a writing centre consultant position at
>UNBSJ:
> >
> >
> > http://www.unb.ca/postings/eup/eup1089717702_825.html
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