Thanks, Dale, that's the answer I was hoping to hear. Your report will
let us test just what IS distinctive about Canadian writing instruction.
== Margaret
Dale Jacobs wrote:
> Hi Margaret --
>
> We're certainly interested in Writing Centres and in WAC/WID work. In
> general, we're just trying to get some kind of grasp of what people
> think Composition/Rhetoric/Writing constitutes. So certainly we want
> to think about writing instruction that is housed in a variety of
> places around universities. As you all know, that's one of the ways
> in which the Canadian context often differs from the US context, so I
> would definitely like that information to pass on.
>
> Thanks and take care.
>
> Dale
>
>
> Dr. Dale Jacobs
>
> 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
>
>
> On 25-Sep-06, at 10:51 AM, Margaret Procter wrote:
>
>> 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
>>> Phone: 519-353-3000 ext. 2309
>>> Fax: 519-971-3676
>>>
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>> --
>> Dr. Margaret Procter
>> Coordinator, Writing Support
>> University of Toronto
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University of Toronto
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