Writing Centers and Writing Across the Curriculum Programs

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Writing Centers and Writing Across the Curriculum Programs Building Interdisciplinary Partnerships

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Robert W. Barnett, Jacob S Blumner

Book Code: GM0699

ISBN: 0-313-30699-0

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30699-0

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240 pages, figures, tables

Greenwood Press

Publication: 2/28/1999

List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)

Availability: Print on demand

Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

Subjects:

Education » English Education
Communications » Rhetoric/Speech

Series Title: Contributions to the Study of Education

Series Number: 73

Reviews:

...well written and well-researched collection....By the time I reached the end, I was convinced that collaboration serves the interests of both writing centers and WAC programs and was almost persuaded that perhaps the goal should be integration. Certainly, anyone contemplating this type of program collaboration would do well to use this book as a resource.
—College English May 2001

Description: Writing Centers have traditionally been viewed as marginalized facilities within their institutions. At the same time, faculty in all disciplines have come to stress the importance of good writing, and institutions have created Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Programs to address this concern. Often, the interests of Writing Centers conflict with those of WAC programs, and the theoretical foundations of the two may not necessarily be the same. Nonetheless, Writing Centers--whether voluntarily or involuntarily--have become more involved with efforts to promote Writing Across the Curriculum and have formed fruitful partnerships with WAC Programs. While journal articles have begun to discuss these partnerships, this book offers an extended treatment of the topic. By examining the relationships between Writing Centers and WAC programs, this volume challenges the view that Writing Centers are marginalized and demonstrates how they are aggressively moving toward the curricular center of education. Each chapter examines the evolving theoretical, practical, and institutional relationships between Writing Centers and Writing Across the Curriculum programs. By drawing from institutionally specific experiences, expert contributors present a variety of approaches for establishing and developing effective Writing Center/WAC partnerships. Included are perspectives from established and emerging theorists from all levels, including high schools, community colleges, small four-year colleges and universities, and major research institutions. The contributors accurately portray the true diversity of Writing Center/WAC partnerships and assess the compatibility of these partnerships with larger institutional missions. The volume touches on such topics as the use of computers in writing instruction, the use of student writing tutors, and the problems inherent in discipline-specific language. By deepening our knowledge of the merging of Writing Centers and WAC Programs, this book sets the foundation for more advanced future research.

Table of Contents:

Introduction by Robert W. Barnett and Jacob S Blumner
The WAC/Writing Center Partnership: Creating a Campus-wide Writing Environment by Robert W. Barnett and Lois M. Rosen
The Writing Center as Ambassador Plenipotentiary in a Developing WAC Program by Scott Johnston and Bruce W. Speck
Authority and Initiation: Preparing Students for Discipline-specific Language Conventions by Jacob S Blumner
Neither Missionaries Nor Colonists Nor Handmaidens: What Writing Tutors Can Teach WAC Faculty about Inquiry by Carol Peterson Haviland, Sherry Green, Barbara Kime Shields, and M. Todd Harper
Out of the Sea and Onto the Shoals, Or, When WAC Writing Center Directors Meet Neurotic Pride by Mark L. Waldo
When a Writing Center Undertakes a Writing Fellows Program by Richard Leahy
A Writing Center without a WAC Program: The De FactoWAC Center/Writing Center by Muriel Harris
Writing Centers as WAC Centers: An Evolving Model by Peshe C. Kuriloff
Situating Writing Centers and Writing Across the Curriculum Programs in the Academy: Creating Partnerships for Change with Organizational Development Theory by Karen Vaught-Alexander
Creating a Virtual Space: The Role of the Web in Forging Writing Center/WAC Connections by Irene L. Clark
Writing Centers/WAC in Pharmacy Education: A Changing Prescription by Eric Hobson and Neal Lerner
Writing Center or Experimental Center for Faculty Research, Discovery, and Risk Taking? by Pamela B. Childers
Writing Centers and WAC Programs as Infostructures: Relocating Practice within Futurist Theories of Social Change by Christina Murphy and Joe Law
Selected Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 98-8236

LCC Class: PE1404

Dewey Class: 808


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