Writing Across the Curriculum and Writing in the Disciplines
This workshop will review strategies for integrating formal and informal writing activities and assignments into a variety of courses across the curriculum. Participants will leave with a stronger sense of the pedagogical tools available for improving students’ writing and critical thinking abilities.
Facilitator: Jessica Bannon - [email protected]
- Statement of WAC Principles and Policies
- Introduction to Writing Across the Curriculum - The WAC Clearinghouse at Colorado State provides a wealth of resources for educators interested in learning more about writing across the curriculum. This introductory page is a great start for determining why and how WAC approaches be applied.
- Teaching Writing in the Disciplines: Student Perspectives on Learning Genre (Goldschmidt, University of Scranton)
- WAC Teaching Strategies: What Worked, What Didn't and Why
- WAC and Second Language Writing - The WAC Clearinghouse provides resources specifically designed for addressing the needs of students for whom English is a foreign language.
- Roots in the Sawdust: Writing to Learn Across the Disciplines - “In this collection, editor Anne Ruggles Gere offers a response to Arthur N. Applebee's call for ‘more situations in which writing can serve as a tool for learning rather than as a means to display acquired knowledge’ (1982). Gere brings together teacher-authors from a wide variety of disciplines to detail how they have successfully used writing activities to improve their students' comprehension—without creating significant grading burdens for themselves.”
- Baruch College Faculty Interview Series - The Baruch College Writing Center presents brief interviews with faculty across the disciplines who share insights into the writing expectations in their respective fields.
