Apologies for cross-posting
We would like to thank everybody who responded to Graham's request
for ideas for our new 4th-year "Teaching Writing" course.
Below we have included our course description below:
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Carleton University
School of Linguistics and Language Studies (SLaLS)
LALS 4906: Teaching Writing in School and the Workplace
Winter 2010 – Tuesday & Thursday 11:35 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
Instructors: Graham Smart & Natasha Artemeva
Course description
This course will introduce students to current approaches to the
teaching of writing. We will examine theoretically-informed methods
and strategies for teaching writing in school—at the elementary,
secondary, college, and university levels—as well as in workplace
settings. In addition to reading and discussing published work on
writing pedagogy, students will have an opportunity to apply the
methods and strategies discussed to curriculum design—that is, to
integrating the teaching of writing into different subject areas and
disciplines. The writing assignments for the course will include short
weekly responses to the readings and individual and small-group
learning projects. The course will be of interest to future and
current teachers, university writing tutors, workplace writing coaches
and editors, and professional writing consultants.
Course topics
• Brief historical background on the teaching of writing in school and
workplace settings.
• Brief introduction to relevant socio-cultural theories of language
and learning.
• Teaching a process approach to writing: strategies for planning and
drafting; evaluating
and revising; editing.
• Responding to student writing.
• Assessing student writing.
• Reading and writing.
• Using the Internet and other digital resources for teaching writing.
• Integrating the teaching of writing into different subject areas and
disciplines.
• Writing in the Disciplines (WID); academic writing centres.
• Teaching writing in workplace settings: in-house coaching and
editing; consulting.
Prerequisite: The course requires third-year standing.
Graham Smart – [log in to unmask]
(613) 520-2600 (ext. 2000)
Natasha Artemeva – [log in to unmask]
(613) 520-2600 (ext. 7452)
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Natasha & Graham
> > Graham Smart wrote:
> > > Hello everyone,
> > >
> > > We’re currently designing a^ 4th-year course here at Carleton on
the
> > > teaching of writing. The title of the course is “Teaching
Writing in
> > > School and the Workplace.” Here’s our working calendar
description:
> > >
> > > *Course description*
> > >
> > > Approaches to teaching writing in elementary and secondary school,
in
> > > university, and in the
> > >
> > > workplace. Discussion of writing pedagogies as viewed
> > > from socio-cultural perspectives on
> > >
> > > language and learning. The course will be of interest to future
and
> > > current teachers, workplace
> > >
> > > trainers, editors, and writing consultants.
> > >
> > > *Outcomes*
> > >
> > > · Participants will have a broad understanding of current
> > > approaches to teaching writing in school (elementary, secondary,
> > > university) and workplace.
> > >
> > > · Participants will have had experience applying one of
these
> > > approaches in at least one school or workplace setting.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > With this in mind, we have a couple of questions to ask you:
> > >
> > > 1) We would like to pitch the course to students in various
> > > departments here at Carleton as a good item to have on a résumé
for
> > > someone planning to apply for teachers’ college. But of course we
only
> > > want to make this claim if it’s reasonable. Do you think this
would be
> > > a valid claim for us to make?
> > >
> > > 2) Do you know any ‘must-have’ readings that you would
recommend?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks very much,
> > >
> > > Graham and Natasha
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -------------------------------
> > > Graham Smart
> > > Associate Professor
> > > Carleton University
> > > School of Linguistics &
> > > Language Studies
> > > 215 Paterson Hall
> > > 1125 Colonel By Drive
> > > Ottawa, Ontario
> > > Canada K1S 5B6
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Natasha Artemeva, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Linguistics and
Language Studies;Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario
K1S 5B6;
Tel. +1 (613) 520-2600 ext.7452
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