Professional Development
Class Goals:
- 2 Conference Presentations
- 1 Published Book Review
- Online Resources for Work
- System of Backing up Work
- Online Portfolio (With CV)
- Print Portfolio
- Syllabus Design
- 1-2 Articles under submission
- Signing up for CFP lists
- Developing a Teaching Philosophy Statement
Class meets for 1 three hour session and another 1-2 hour session for peer review.
Readings
Crowley, Sharon. Composition in the University: Historical and Polemical Essays. Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh P, 1998. (available at Goering's) ISBN 0-8229-5660-8
Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Continuum, 1995. (available at Goering's) ISBN 0-8264-0611-4
Hardin, Joe Marshall. Opening Spaces: Critical Pedagogy and Resistance Theory in Pedagogy. State U of New York P, 2001. (available at Goering's) ISBN 0-7914-4904-1
Kent, Thomas, ed. Post-Process Theory: Beyond the Writing Process Paradigm. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois UP, 1999. (available at Goering's) ISBN 0-8093-2244-7
Lines Anderson, Deborah, Ed. Digital Scholarship in the Tenure, Promotion, and Review Process. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, 2004.
Minter, Deborah and Amy M. Goodburn, Eds. Composition, Pedagogy & the Scholarship of Teaching. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Publishers, 2002.
Pytlik, Betty P. and Sarah Liggett. Eds. Preparing College Teachers of Writing: History, Theories, Programs, Practices. New York: Oxford, UP, 2002. (available at Goering's) ISBN 0-19-514309-4
Schroeder, Christopher, Helen Fox, and Patricia Bizzell. ALT DIS: Alternative Discourse and the Academy. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 2002. ISBN 0-86709-516-4
Taylor, Todd and Irene Ward. Literacy Theory in the Age of the Internet. New York: Columbia UP, 1998. (available at Goering's) ISBN 0-231-11331-5
Weisser, Christian R. Moving Beyond Academic Discourse: Composition Studies and the Public Sphere. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois UP, 2002. ISBN 0-8093-2416-4
Portfolios
Weeks
1 Assigning Books to be Read, signing up for CFP lists. A copy of your paper for review must be brought for each student in the class. Each week we will spend 1-2 hours discussing changes for the papers.
Each student must sign up for the following CFP lists. These will be used for submitting the essays, reviews, and conference abstracts along with being useful for overall professional development by indicating current trends in the field.
Teaching Philosophy
Resources
- http://www.cte.iastate.edu/tips/philosophy.html
- http://www.utep.edu/cetal/portfoli/writetps.htm
Writing Letters of Recommendation
- possible controversy over requirements: http://www.universitydaily.net/vnews/display.v/ART/2002/10/24/3db7603f379cc
- helpful tips:
- http://ieie.nsc.ru:8101/~eac/fair_97/letter_recommend.htm
- http://resume.monster.com/articles/recommendation/
- http://www.accepted.com/grad/LettersRec.aspx