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Schreyer, Jessica – Journal of Basic Writing, 2012
An adjunct turned writing program administrator reflects on her professional journey and describes efforts to improve the teaching environment amongst composition faculty--primarily part-time--within her department. Based on a local program review, a pilot faculty relations plan was implemented that addressed two major areas: offering more…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Writing Teachers, Writing Instruction, Basic Writing
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Goto, Stanford T. – Journal of Basic Writing, 2002
Explores some of the differences between faculty and policy advocates by analyzing spatial/directional metaphors used by individuals in each professional domain to describe notions of access and standards. Notes that advocates in the policy-oriented discourse tend to use vertical metaphors, while educators engaged in pedagogical discourse tend to…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Basic Writing, Educational Policy
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Reagan, Sally Barr – Journal of Basic Writing, 1991
Uses a case study to illustrate the multitude of cultural and idiosyncratic factors which may influence the feelings and behaviors of basic writers at risk of failure. Suggests that rather than continually defining the basic writer, educators should begin to redefine and reexamine their roles and attitudes as teachers of basic writers. (MG)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Case Studies, High Risk Students, Higher Education
Del Principe, Ann – Journal of Basic Writing, 2004
Although basic writing has become a strong independent field with professionally sanctioned ways of making knowledge, what Stephen North refers to as "lore" still maintains a strong foundation in the field. This lore is often grounded in the belief in a linear paradigm of learning, and is to some degree fostered by traditional conceptions of basic…
Descriptors: Models, Writing Teachers, Basic Writing, Writing Instruction