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Book Description
Like many good stories, this collection opens with origins. In Part I, the writers tell of personal histories that intersect with their professional lives and that help them define the job of writing program administrator. Part II presents the writing program within the context of institutional realitiesfirst-year student orientation, TA rebellions, expected but unfunded programs. In Part III, these WPAs tell of projects that are interdisciplinary, of programs developed over time and in the spirit of collaboration, and of the changing demands that technology is placing on writing instruction. The collection closes with an essay on the importance of mentoring in our profession.
About the Author
DIANA GEORGE teaches at Michigan Technological University, where she directed the first-year composition program for several years. She is coauthor, with John Trimbur, of Reading Culture: Contexts for Critical Reading and Writing and has served on the executive boards of the National Writing Centers Association and The Council of Writing Program Administrators.
Kitchen Cooks, Plate Twirlers ; Troubadours: Writing Program Administrators Tell Their Stories (Crosscurrents (Portsmouth, N.H.).),Diana George,Boynton/Cook,0867094567,Administration,English language,Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy,Literature: Classics,Report writing,Rhetoric,Study and teaching,Study and teaching (Higher),Writing centers,English,English language: writing skills,Organization & management of education,Teaching of a specific subject
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