English 391: Duke MAT: Summer 2009
Writing Pedagogies
Summer Session One; Wed, 15/13 to 6/17; 10 AM-Noon, Art 116
My aim in this course is to help teachers across the disciplines use writing more effectively in their classes. Our work together will focus on two issues:
- Setting clear and open-ended tasks for students as writers; and
- Responding usefully and efficiently to students' work-in-progress.
By the end of this course, you will have:
- Composed a sequence of writing assignments and activities for a class you plan to teach next year; and
- Learned a set of strategies for managing the paper load in a class using writing.
I will also be happy to talk about any other issues in teaching writing that you'd like to discuss. I look forward to working with you!