Reference guide to writing across the curriculum
By: Charles Bazerman ... [et al.].
Contributors: Bazerman, Charles.
Series: Reference guides to rhetoric and composition
Publisher: Parlor Press; WAC Clearinghouse
Published: 2005
Place of publication: West Lafayette, Ind
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover; Paperback; eBook
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: Language arts -- Correlation with content subjects.; Interdisciplinary approach in education -- History.
Description: Reference Guide to Writing Across the Curriculum traces the Writing Across the Curriculum movement from its origins in British secondary education through its flourishing in American higher education and extension to American primary and secondary education. The authors follow their historical review of the literature by a review of research into primary, secondary, and higher education WAC teaching and learning. Subsequent chapters examine the relations of WAC to Writing to Learn theory, research, and pedagogy, as well as its interactions with the Rhetoric of Science and Writing in the Disciplines movements. Current issues of theory and practice are followed by a presentation of best practices in program design, assessment, and classroom practices. An extensive bibliography and suggestions for further reading round out this comprehensive guide to Writing Across the Curriculum.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to key concepts; title: History of the WAC movement; title: Programs in Writing Across the Curriculum; title: Research on WAC teaching and learning; title: Writing to learn; title: Rhetoric of science, rhetoric of inquiry, and writing in the disciplines; title: On-going concerns : the particularity of disciplinary discourses; title: On-going concerns : the place of students in disciplinary discourses; title: New programmatic directions; title: Assessment in Writing Across the Curriculum; title: WAC classroom practices, for further reading.