Session Details

Monday, 29 December

490. The Scholarship of Teaching: How Writing Programs Support Teaching-Centered Research

10:15–11:30 a.m., Golden Gate 5, Hilton

Program arranged by the Council of Writing Program Administrators

Presiding: Deborah H. Holdstein, Columbia Coll., IL

1. “Composition Teachers and Action Research,” John C. Brereton, Boston Athenaeum; Cinthia Gannett, Fairfield Univ.

2. “The Impact of Teacher-Based Research on Undergraduate Teaching in Open-Enrollment Settings: Implications for Basic Writing,” Susan Naomi Bernstein, LaGuardia Community Coll., City Univ. of New York

3. “Peer Tutor as Researcher: Catalysts for a Cycle of Inquiry, Dialogue, and Pedagogical Change,” Jill Gladstein, Swarthmore Coll.

Respondent: Deborah H. Holdstein

For copies of abstracts, visit www.wpacouncil.org after 1 Nov.

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