In this article, we present a case study of undergraduate students' experiences in several leadership programmes at Bryn Mawr College. Through a collaborative action research study, we identified three interrelated sets of practices in which student participants engage: discerning differences and bringing those differences into dialogue;…

Ellsworth's article entitled "Why doesn't this feel empowering? Working through the repressive myths of critical pedagogy" raises issues about the complex dynamics of implementing critical pedagogy in real classrooms, and the difficulties and paradoxes of putting the empowerment rhetoric into practice. This article analyses the…

This chapter provides resources to assist student affairs personnel at community colleges as they interact with students from marginalized groups, students whose experiences in college need to be heard and brought to the center. The resources described are practice oriented and include Web links of professional organizations with further sources…

Describes a collaborative writing assignment which serves as a reassuring and illuminating practice piece for the research paper. (RAE)

Offers a humorous strategy for enlivening composition courses that involves having the students emulate Andy Rooney's writing style. (NKA)

Describes the reactions of students, all veterans, to a Joseph Conrad story involving moral dilemma during war. (MKM)

Many adolescent and adult L2 learners in language classrooms, both in the US and other countries, have little or no alphabetic print literacy. Language teachers may turn to SLA research for assistance, yet almost all research on oral SLA has focused on educated, highly-literate learners (Bigelow & Tarone 2004; Tarone, Bigelow & Hansen 2009). The…

Presents a bibliography of works about filmic art and filmic artists that is highly selective in representing such eclectic approaches as rhetorical, literary, cross-media, formal, semiotic, economic, social, psychological, historical, political, philosophical, cultural, stylistic, auteurist, genre, mythic, and ideological. (JK)

Argues that composition students can become aware of audience and purpose and develop ideas for original essays through study of film reviews. Suggests relevant writing assignments. (RAE)

Describes observations of 35 excellent teachers at all levels and a wide range of subjects. Discusses what common traits these uncommon teachers share. (SR)

Summarizes the philosophical background of cultural literacy. Argues that cultural literacy derives from an educational philosophy hostile to the needs of technical students. Concludes that reading and writing instruction should be personally relevant to technical students. (MM)

Recounts the accidental discovery of a long-forgotten drama "Mingos and Soldiers at Fort Henry" by James Fenimore Cooper that bears many similarities to the television series "M*A*S*H." (NKA)

Reviews some of the available resources--films, videotapes, and textbooks--that support visual approaches to writing. (EL)

Composition instructors can use examples of how written discourse relies on fundamental linguistic principles of consciousness, stress, and word order to aid students in making their own writing coherent. (MKM)

Presents teaching tips for (1) selecting research paper topics; (2) introducing short story elements; (3) using annual reports in writing classes; (4) using a multigrade approach to evaluate writing; and (5) improving student paragraphing. (RS)