ENGL 523: Teaching College English

English 523 is a course framed around the questions that all teachers of writing must confront: What does it mean to teach writing? What do we expect of our students as they learn? Whom should we serve when we teach writing and why? This course will emphasize a praxis framework for the teaching of writing — in which established theory informs practice; and practice, in turn, contributes to the knowledge of the field. We will situate our understanding of college composition in what research has found to be true about the development of writing ability.

As a class, we will explore:
-praxis, and the dynamic relationship between pedagogical theory and practice
-the history and movements of Composition/Writing Studies as an academic discipline, with a focus on the turn toward critical language pedagogy
-how to teach writing as a process
-how to assess and respond to student writing how to respond to difference and diversity in college composition
-the complexities of plagiarism and use of sources in academic writing

This is an asynchronous course with a synchronous option.

Please review the syllabus for full course information.

This is a Full Semester course. Participants may register for one Full Semester course OR one course each in Winter/Spring I and Winter/Spring II. 

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