Writing & teaching for transfer

Workshop 3/3

--Michael Rifenburg

* some material taken from Yancey et al.'s July 2016 CWPA workshop

Reminders

We need to focus on transfer of knowledge & practice

We need to help students see themselves as novices writing into expertise (Sommers & Saltz, 2004)

We need to introduce a set of 11 key terms and concepts

We need to content grounded to terms and concepts

We need a passport assignment

We need structured reflection woven into the curriculum

rhetorical terms aiding in the understanding of writing as theory and practice

use of reflection as a tool for learning, thinking, and writing in the course and beyond

the development of a theory of writing that helps students create a framework of writing knowledge and practice they'll take with them (p. 57)

audience

genre

rhetorical situation

reflection

exigence

critical analysis

discourse community

knowledge

context

composing

circulation (p. 57)

Pages 150-156

Look at Appendix C

Let's chat about each assignment briefly.

What stands out to you?

What might need adjusting for local needs / context?

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