Hi everyone --
I'm currently serving on the 4Cs Executive Committee. The EC is in
the process of a Strategic Inquiry Project about "The Content of
Composition/Rhetoric/Writing." In broad terms, we're trying to look
at the field, the concepts/practices/bodies of knowledge that define
it, and the ways in which 4Cs serves and could serve the many
constituencies that make up the field. I would like to get your
input in helping us to think about these issues.
To facilitate this project, we've divided up the inquiry among a
number of groups. My group is doing an environmental scan,
essentially looking into what we know about where our members and
prospective members are in regard to the content of composition; we
want to know what people are doing and saying with regard to
composition. To this end, I would like to pose some broad questions
to the people on this listserv. If you could respond to me offlist
in the next couple of weeks, I would really appreciate it.
What kinds of writing classes do you teach? What material do you
include in writing classes? In your own understanding, when is a
writing class a writing class, and when does it become something
else? What do you identify as being the "content" of composition/
writing/rhetoric?
These questions are intended to be very open ended. Rather than
doing a survey, our group is contacting people in the field through a
variety of listservs, caucuses, and related professional groups. Any
assistance you can give in helping to shape our thinking and
discussions would be very useful.
Thanks for your time. Take care.
Dale
Dr. Dale Jacobs
Associate Professor
Dept. of English Language, Literature, and Creative Writing
University of Windsor
401 Sunset Avenue
Windsor, ON
N9B 3P4
Phone: 519-353-3000 ext. 2309
Fax: 519-971-3676
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