Don't Call it That : The Composition Practicum

by Dobrin, Sidney I.

• ISBN13: 9780814112212
• ISBN10: 0814112218
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-30
• Publisher: Natl Council of Teachers

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	ix
INTRODUCTION: Finding Space for the Composition Practicum
Sidney I. Dobrin	1	(34)
1 Writing Theory and Writing the Classroom
Joe Marshall Hardin	35	(8)
2 Managing Transitions: Reorienting Perceptions in a Practicum Course
Juan C. Guerra and Anis Bawarshi	43	(24)
3 Practica, Symposia, and Other Coercive Acts in Composition Studies
bonnie lenore kyburz	67	(15)
4 The Composition Practicum as Professional Development
Susan Kay Miller, Rochelle Rodrigo, Veronica Pantoja, and Duane Roen	82	(16)
5 Plug and Play: Technology and Mentoring Teachers of Writing
Samantha Blackmon and Shirley K. Rose	98	(15)
6 Unraveling Generative Tensions in the Composition Practicum
Kelly Belanger and Sibylle Gruber	113	(28)
7 The Benefits and Challenges of Including Undergraduates in the Composition Practicum
Jonathan Bush, Georgina Hill, and Jeanne LaHaie	141	(19)
8 Chickens, Eggs, and the Composition Practicum
Anne Trubek	160	(23)
9 From Theory to Theorizing: Rethinking the Graduate Introduction to Composition Course
Anthony J. Michel	183	(17)
10 Theory in a TA Composition Pedagogy Course: Not If, but How
Ruth Overman Fischer	200	(14)
11 Enacting Theory: The Practicum as the Site of Invention
Mary Lou Odom, Michael Bernard-Donals, and Stephanie L. Kerschbaum	214	(24)
12 Burkean Ruminations on How, When, and Where Teacher Knowledge Originates
David Stacey	238	(18)
13 The Teaching Practicum as a Site of Inquiry and Action
Joanne Addison	256	(10)
14 The New Media Instructor: Cultural Capital and Writing Instruction
Jeff Rice	266	(18)
15 Finding Myself Lost in the Composition Practicum Course
Lu Ellen Huntley	284	(17)
16 Why Not Call It Practicum? It Is Practice
Deborah Murray	301	(14)
17 The GTA Writing Portfolio: An Impact Study of Learning by Writing
Rosemary (Gates) Winslow	315	(22)
INDEX	337	(12)
EDITOR	349	(2)
CONTRIBUTORS	351