Roger!
Thank you for raising this and offering to do something about it!
There's a new report just out in the States in April 2003 by the National
Commission on Writing in America's Schools and Colleges (of the College
Board)"The Neglected 'R:' The Need for a WRITING Revolution." It says that
writing instruction and student achievement in writing are in a deplorable
state and that attention needs to be paid to the devotion of time to writing
instruction in school, the development of assessment tools for writing, the
use of technology in writing instruction, and the preparation of teachers to
teach writing.
Maybe we could use this as a jumping off point and talk about writing
instruction in Canada in relation to these four issues. And if a revolution
in writing is needed in the states maybe Canada could make do with a small,
even comic, rebellion (at least in English Canada) or find that things are
fine and we just need to tinker a little bit with what we have.
I'm not sure if I'll be able to go to San Antonio but if you need names and
titles for the caucus proposal you could put me down for "Student writing
achievement north of the 49th" or "Teaching Teachers to Teach Writing in
Canada."
Laura Atkinson, Ph.D.
Education Analyst
The Manitoba Teachers' Society
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-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Graves [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 11:14 AM
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Subject: Remember the Alamo: CCCC 2004 Canadian caucus
Friday is the deadline for submitting the proposal for the Canadian caucus
for the San Antonio CCCC next March. I'll submit the proposal (unless
someone else would like to volunteer); does anyone have any ideas about what
to put in it? In Ontario, of course, the Alamo may indeed be an appropriate
metaphor for faculty dealing with the double cohort!
Roger Graves, English, DePaul University
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