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The WAC Casebook

Scenes for Faculty Reflection and Program Development
Edited by Chris M. Anson
ISBN13: 9780195127751ISBN10: 0195127757 Paperback, 304 pages
Dec 2001,  In Stock

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$49.95 (04)
304 pages; 11 illus.; 6-1/8 x 9-1/4; ISBN13: 978-0-19-512775-1ISBN10: 0-19-512775-7

Table of Contents

Foreword , Barbara Walvoord
Introduction: Reflection, Faculty Development, and Writing Across the Curriculum: The Power of Scene , Chris M. Anson
PART ONE. Writing to Learn: Scenes of Intellectual Growth
1. The Misbegotten Journal of Dennis Wong , Toby Fulwiler
2. Writing for Empathy , Patricia Connor-Greene, Hayley Shilling, and Art Young
3. Writing Intensity , Chris M. Anson
4. WAC Meets WMS: Not Love at First Sight , Hephzibah Roskelly
5. What's Appropriate? , Monica Stitt-Bergh, Thomas Hilgers, and Joan Perkins
PART TWO. Effective Assignments: Scenes of the Craft
6. Great Assignment, but Nobody's Happy , David A. Jolliffe
7. Trudy Does Comics , Chris M. Anson
8. Who Has the Power? , Christine Farris
9. Pieces Missing: Assignments and Expectations , Joan Mullin
10. Managing Disciplinary Difference , Julie M. Zeleznik, Rebecca E. Burnett, Thomas Polito, David Roberts, and John Shafer
11. In the Writing-Intensive Univers(ity) , Wendy Bishop
12. Spreading the Words: Collaborative Writing in "Killer Lab" , Steven Youra
PART THREE. Reading Student Work: Scenes of Response and Evaluation
13. Making Learning Visible: What You Can't See Can Change Response , Kathleen Blake Yancey
14. Two Papers, Two Views , Joan Graham
15. The Jonas Incident , Chris M. Anson
16. Esmeralda's Math Class , Sandra Jamieson
17. The Finger on the Pulse: Who Teaches Writing? , William Condon
18. It's All Academic , Deanna P. Dannels
PART FOUR. Coaching Writing: Scenes of Ideology and Interaction
19. Rewriting the Culture of Engineering , Thomas Hilgers, Joan Perkins, and Monica Stitt-Bergh
20. Who's "Infantalizing?" , Sharon Quiroz
21. Shobhna's Pronouncements , Chris M. Anson
22. It's Not Working , Carol Rutz
23. Requiring Revision, Juggling the Work Load , Joan Perkins, Monica Stitt-Bergh, and Thomas Hilgers
24. "You Have No Right" , Rebecca Moore Howard
PART FIVE. Cybertext: Scenes of Writing and New Technologies
25. Through the Back Door into Cyberspace , Dona J. Hickey and Donna Reiss
26. Connecting Students with Professionals , Dickie Selfe
27. Sondra Gets Hyper , Chris M. Anson and Ian G. Anson
28. Lost in the MOO , David A. Jolliffe
29. Anonymity, Botulism, and Counterfeit Russians , Stephen B. Wiley
PART SIX. Fences and Neighbors: Scenes of Cross-disciplinary Work and Faculty Collaboration
30. Whatever Things Are True: A Scenario in Four Acts , Richard Haswell
31. Is This Writing? , Keith Hjortshoj
32. Showdown at Midwestern U: The First-Year Composition War between English and Economics , Sharon Hamilton
33. Raising the Gates of Chem. 101 , Jeffrey Jablonski and Irwin Weiser
34. The Strange Case of the Vanishing Very Bad Writing , Tom Fox
PART SEVEN. Seeds of Change: Scenes of Apprenticeship and the Role of Graduate Students
35. The Blind Men and the Elephant Called Writing , Patricia C. Harms and David R. Russell
36. Greta's Cacophony , Michael C. Flanigan
37. Mistakes in Social Psychology , Chris M. Anson
38. To Teach or Not to Teach , Martha A. Townsend
39. Ranks, Roles, and Responsibilities: Crossing the Fine Lines in Cross-Disciplinary Mentorship , Julie M. Zeleznik, Rebecca Burnett, Thomas Polito, David Roberts, and John Schafer
PART EIGHT. Tending the Garden: Scenes of Program Development
40. Been There, Done That: A Problem in WAC Funding , Chris Thaiss
41. A Chemistry Experiment in Writing , Carol Rutz
42. Thoughts from the Rank and File , Chris M. Anson
43. "We Hate You!" WAC as a Professional Threat , Carol Peterson Haviland and Edward M. White
44. Forget Everything You Learned About Writing , Dennis Baron
45. Learning About Learning Communities , Nancy S. Shapiro
Appendix: Best Online Resources for Writing Across the Curriculum , Shaun P. Slattery, Jr.
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