| Title: |
Writing beyond the Curriculum: Transition, Transfer, and Transformation |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Lettner-Rust, Heather G.; Tracy, Pamela J.; Booker, Susan L.; Kocevar-Weidinger, Elizabeth; Burges, Jená B. |
| Source: |
Across the Disciplines. Oct 2007 4. |
| Availability: |
WAC Clearinghouse. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523. Tel: 970-491-3132; Web site: http://wac.colostate.edu |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Publication Date: |
2007 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: |
Higher Education; Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: |
Writing Across the Curriculum; Curriculum Development; General Education; Writing (Composition); Advanced Courses; Educational Change; Teacher Role; Librarians; Library Role; Educational Practices; Teacher Student Relationship; Citizen Participation; Student Centered Learning; Student Research; Interdisciplinary Approach; Seminars; Writing Processes; Writing Instruction; College English; Transformative Learning; College Seniors |
| Geographic Terms: |
Virginia |
| ISSN: |
1554-8244 |
| Abstract: |
The authors describe how their institution revised its general education writing curriculum and how that change not only affected the university's approach to advanced composition but also transformed the roles and relationships among teachers, librarians, literacy practices, curricula, students, and the community. Part service-learning, part civic engagement, part student-directed research, and part interdisciplinary senior seminar, the course at the heart of the change combines a variation of writing-as-process with a substantial shift in writing-across-thecurriculum practices. The authors outline the course's establishment, discuss what various constituents have experienced, and argue for the transformation of higher education's mission from an instructional paradigm to a learning paradigm. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Number of References: |
31 |
| Entry Date: |
2016 |
| Access URL: |
http://wac.colostate.edu/atd/articles/lettnerrustetal2007.cfm |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1116404 |
| Database: |
ERIC |