A Conversation with Myself
Having now taught my first class in composition at Kennesaw State University, it is almost unsettling to look back at my philosophy from a year ago. As I continue to …
Scaffolded Assignment RAIMS
The final leg of my work in examining threshold concepts and strategies for learning instruction led into the creation of an assignment that not only pays respect to ENGL 1101 …
Thresholds in Practice
In the process of examining the concepts described in Naming What We Know, I became more cognizant of some of the fundamental principles of writing and the teaching of it. …
An Informal Plea for the Reassessment of Diversity
Classrooms on all levels are expected to maintain fundamental principles of inclusion and equality in those academic spaces. Anything less risks alienating individuals whose identities don’t overlap with what has historically …
Cognitive Inception
“In writing, the misapplication of habituated practices often occurs among novice writers, such as those who are trained throughout high school to write five-paragraph-style essays for standardized tests. Placed in …
The Future Imperfect
The draft is complete, and so it’s put to rest and done. The thing incorporeal–the thoughts and ideas that coalesced into a tangible, readable entity–have been given life outside the …
Nuance and Identity in Writing
Writing is informed by prior experience. “Obviously,” you’re probably thinking, and you wouldn’t be wrong to think it. That statement seems too easy to say, too undeniably true to even …
Writing, Thinking, Knowing
The author sits in solitude, buried deep within a chamber of his own thoughts, and within that place, he draws from the pinnacle of his creativity. In this act of …
Genre as Fields of Study
Literary genres are not commonly thought of as fields of study. Despite this, I would assert just that. Hart-Davidson defines genre as “a form of discourse recognizable as a common …
The Art of Writing (and the Teaching of It)
There’s little to say about what writing is in and of itself. It’s the act of converting auditory communication into visual communication. From as far back as 1934, Lev Vygotsky …
