Hi, Dale --
Fascinating questions, especially seen up against the US data that your
colleagues will be collecting.
Is it only "composition" in the form of writing classes that you're
interested in, or do writing-centre instruction and WAC/WID work count
too? I am asking online in case the same question occurs to others on
the list.
I could give you a much more interesting answer for U of T if you
intended the latter. Some 65 people are employed here teaching writing,
but only a fraction of their work consists of teaching writing classes,
even with an extended definition.
Margaret
Dale Jacobs wrote:
> 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
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>
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