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Jaepl, Vol. 22, Winter 2016-2017, Joonna Smitherman Trapp, Brad Peters
Jaepl, Vol. 22, Winter 2016-2017, Joonna Smitherman Trapp, Brad Peters
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Editors’ Message Essays SPECIAL SECTION: DEEP READING STRATEGIES Jane Thompkins - Deep Reading Vajra Watson - Life as Primary Text: English Classrooms as Sites for Soulful Learning Tisha Ulmer - Using Pre-reading Strategies to Provide Historical Context in a Literature Course Grace Wetzel - ‘The Most Peaceful I Ever Felt Writing’: A Contemplative Approach to Essay Revision TEACHING AND LEARNING Kate Chaterdon - Contemplative Neuroscience and the Teaching of Writing: Mindfulness as Mental Training Ondine Gage - Resisting a Restrictive Discourse Policy J. Michael Rifenburg - The Performance of Literate Practices: Rhetoric, Writing, and Stand-up Comedy Rosanne Carlo - Getting …
Contemplative Neuroscience And The Teaching Of Writing: Mindfulness As Mental Training, Kate Chaterdon
Contemplative Neuroscience And The Teaching Of Writing: Mindfulness As Mental Training, Kate Chaterdon
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Updates in cognitive research show that even short-term exposure to contemplative and mindfulness teaching techniques may have the potential to train learners’ brains and enhance their ability to write.
Resisting A Restrictive Discourse Policy, Ondine Gage
Resisting A Restrictive Discourse Policy, Ondine Gage
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A survey, an interview with a remarkable teacher, and an analysis of classroom interactions reveal strategies for countering federal and state policies against students’ right to their own language.
Getting Centered: A Meditation On Creating Pottery And Teaching Writing, Rosanne Carlo
Getting Centered: A Meditation On Creating Pottery And Teaching Writing, Rosanne Carlo
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Analogous thinking reminds a writing instructor of the historical influences that have shaped Rhetoric and Composition as a discipline that welcomes rather than excludes marginalized students.
Book Reviews, Julie Nichols, Brad E. Lucas, Maureen Hall, Gae Lyn Henderson
Book Reviews, Julie Nichols, Brad E. Lucas, Maureen Hall, Gae Lyn Henderson
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Julie Nichols - Threshold Concepts. Brad E. Lucas, et al. - Adler-Kassner, Linda, and Elizabeth Wardle, eds. Naming What We Know: Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies. Logan: Utah State University Press, 2015. Maureen Hall - Waxler, Robert P. The Risk of Reading: How Literature Helps Us to Understand Ourselves and the World. New York: Bloomsbury, 2014. Gae Lyn Henderson - Goodson, Ivor, and Scherto Gill. Critical Narrative as Pedagogy. New York: Bloomsbury, 2014.
Rattling Cages, Pamela B. Childers
Rattling Cages, Pamela B. Childers
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A revered writing-center advocate recalls how texts she has written and read grew out of resistance to the social inequities that educational institutions tend to reinforce.
The Transformative Practice Of Writing And Teaching Writing, Robbie Clifton Pinter
The Transformative Practice Of Writing And Teaching Writing, Robbie Clifton Pinter
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A deep reading of Wendell Berry’s Timbered Choir frames a paean to writing and teaching, despite the challenges of academic life.
Deep Reading, Jane Thompkins
Deep Reading, Jane Thompkins
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The familiar trope of the eyes as windows of the soul becomes revitalized as a moving definition of deep reading emerges from an unexpected spiritual experience.
Connecting, Christy Wenger, Christina Martorana, Jacquelyn E. Hoerman-Elliot, Beth Godbee, Adrianne Wojcik, Laurence Musgrove
Connecting, Christy Wenger, Christina Martorana, Jacquelyn E. Hoerman-Elliot, Beth Godbee, Adrianne Wojcik, Laurence Musgrove
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Christy Wenger - Risks and Rewards of Purposeful Vulnerability Christina Martorana - Embracing Vulnerability in Teaching Jacquelyn E. Hoerman-Elliott - Writing as a Sea of Oms: A “This I Believe” Essay for Contemplative Writing in First-Year Composition Beth Godbee and Adrianne Wojcik - Decoding Each Other through Coding: Sharing Our Unlikely Research Collaboration Laurence Musgrove - Dress Up Laurence Musgrove - Trees
Using Pre-Reading Strategies To Provide Historical Context In A Literature Course, Tisha Ulmer
Using Pre-Reading Strategies To Provide Historical Context In A Literature Course, Tisha Ulmer
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Students find that pre-reading activities which help them make a personal transaction with the past also help them read earlier African American writers with intensified insight.
Front Matter, Joonna Smitherman Trapp, Brad Peters
Front Matter, Joonna Smitherman Trapp, Brad Peters
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No abstract provided.
The Performance Of Literate Practices: Rhetoric, Writing, And Stand-Up Comedy, J. Michael Rifenburg
The Performance Of Literate Practices: Rhetoric, Writing, And Stand-Up Comedy, J. Michael Rifenburg
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An analysis of a comedian’s composition of comedy routines leads to valuable implications about the performative aspects of revision.
‘The Most Peaceful I Ever Felt Writing’: A Contemplative Approach To Essay Revision, Grace Wetzel
‘The Most Peaceful I Ever Felt Writing’: A Contemplative Approach To Essay Revision, Grace Wetzel
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Contemplative practices can scaffold deeper reading, listening, and insight not only with course texts, but also with students’ own texts.
Life As Primary Text: English Classrooms As Sites For Soulful Learning, Vajra Watson
Life As Primary Text: English Classrooms As Sites For Soulful Learning, Vajra Watson
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Poet mentors help at-risk students connect their life experiences with literature, demonstrating a pedagogy that incorporates art, science, and the human soul.
Back Matter, Joonna Smitherman Trapp, Brad Peters
Back Matter, Joonna Smitherman Trapp, Brad Peters
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No abstract provided.