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Further Reading
| Practical guides for college teachers | General discussions about teaching | Theories and histories of writing instruction | The institutional framework for writing instruction |
The books listed below represent a range of thought on teaching, how we learn to be effective teachers, histories and theories of writing instruction, and the institutional context of college teaching today. Some are examples of other approaches to teacher education--in general a much more practical approach with little or no consideration of the impact of the beliefs and feelings of the teacher or the interplay between the institutional goals and the personal goals of a teacher. Others explore the complex economic situations of the institution in which we teach. Yet others survey the history of our discipline, offering an overall picture and in some cases an analysis of that history. Some of the texts listed here are cited in the "Drew University Composition Instructor's Handbook & Guide," while others are not.
This is an eclectic list, which could have been much longer or more comprehensive. It remains eclectic because it is the first step in the dialogue I hope readers will join: what constitutes a useful text about the field? What makes a text useful for new teachers? Please let me know about other texts you have found useful or insightful and I'll add them to this list!
Practical Guides for Beginning College Teachers
Anson, Chris, et al. Scenarios for Teaching Writing: Contexts for Discussion and Reflective Practice. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1993
Baiocco, Sharon A., and Jamie N. Dewaters. Successful College Teaching : Problem-Solving Strategies of Distinguished Professors
Graves, Richard. Rhetoric and Composition: A Sourcebook for Teachers. Rochelle Park, NJ: Hayden, 1976.
Howard, Rebecca Moore, and Sandra Jamieson. The Bedford Guide to Teaching Writing in the Disciplines. Boston: Bedford, 1995.
Johnson, Glenn Ross. First Steps to Excellence in College Teaching. Madison, WI: Magna Publications, 1995.
Lambert, Leo M., et al. Ed. University Teaching : A Guide for Graduate Students.
Lindemann, Erika. A Rhetoric for Writing Teachers. New York: Oxford U.P., 1987.
McKeachie, Wilbert J. Teaching Tips: A Guidebook for the Beginning College Teacher. Lexington, MASS: D.C.Heath, 1986.
Rankin, Elizabeth. Seeing Yourself as a Teacher: Conversations with Five New Teachers in a University Writing Program. Urbana, ILL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1994.
Tate, Gary. Teaching Composition: 10 Bibliogtraphic Essays. Fort Worth, TX: Texas Christian U. P., 1976.
General Discussions About Teaching
Applebee, Arthur N. Curriculum as Conversation: Transforming Traditions of Teaching and Learning; Chicago: U. of Chicago P., 1996.
Caywood, Cynthia L. and Gillian R. Overing. (Eds.) Teaching Writing: Pedagogy, Gender, Equity. New York: State University of New York P., 1987.
Dewey, John. Experience and Education. New York: Collier Books, 1938.
Donahue, Patricia and Ellen Quandahl. Reclaiming Pedagogy: The Rhetoric of the Classroom. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois U.P., 1998.
Hillocks, George. Ways of Thinking: Ways of Teaching. New York: Teachers College P., 1999.
Macrorie, Ken. 20 Teachers. New York: Oxford, 1984.
Nicholls, John G. and Theresa A. Thorkildsen. (Eds) Reasons for Learning: Expanding the Conversation on Student-Teacher Collaboration. New York: Teachers College P., 1995.
Petraglia, Joseph. Reconceiving Writing, Rethinking Writing Instruction. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1995.
Sullivan, Patricia A. and Donna J. Qualley. (Eds) Pedagogy in the Age of Politics: Writing and Reading (in) the Academy. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1994
Theories and Histories of Writing Instruction
Bourdieu, Pierre, Jean-Claude Passeron, and Monique de Saint Martin. Academic Discourse: Linguistic Misunderstanding and Professional Power. Trans. Richard Teese. Stanford, CA: Stanford U.P., 1965.
Britton, James. Rhetoric and Reality: Writing Instruction in American Colleges, 1900-1985. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1987
Crowley, Sharon. Composition in the University: Historical & Polemical Essays. Pittsburgh : U. of Pittsburgh P., 1998
Ede, Lisa. On Writing Research: The Braddock Essays, 1975-1998. Boston, Bedford, 1999.
Faigley, Lester. Fragments of Rationality: Postmodernity & the Subject of Composition. Pittsburgh: U. of Pittsburgh P., 1992
Kent, Thomas (Ed.) Post-Process Theory: Beyond the Writing Process Paradigm. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois U.P., 1999.
Olson, Gary A. and Sidney I. Dobrin (Eds). Composition Theory for the Postmodern Classroom. New York: State University of New York P., 1994.
Miller, Thomas A. The Formation of College English: Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the British Cultural Provinces. Pittsburgh: U. of Pittsburgh P., 1997.
North, Stephen. The Making of Knowledge in Composition: Portrait of an Emerging Field. Upper Montclair, NJ: Boynton-Cook, 1987.
The Institutional Framework of Writing Instruction
Ohmann, Richard. English in America: A Radical View of the Profession. (1976) Hanover and London, Wesleyan U. P., 1996.
Schell, Eileen E. Gypsy Academics and Mother Teachers: Gender, Contingent Labor, and Writing Instruction. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 1998.
Shumar, Wesley. College for Sale: A Critique of the Commodification
of Higher Education. London, Washington DC: Falmer, 1997.
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