Tea and Pedagogy Series

The University of Delaware Writing Center is offering three in-person sessions on Tuesday afternoons this fall for faculty and graduate teaching assistants to explore writing pedagogy. Tea and snacks will be provided. Registration is required: https://forms.gle/fLM1A8CQyTsggran7

Sept. 19, 2–3 p.m.: A Genre Approach to Teaching WritingTaking a genre approach to teaching writing can help your students move from thinking of writing as a task they perform for an audience of one (you) to thinking of writing as a genuine act of communication. In this T&P session, we will discuss compositionist Irene Clark’s article on a genre approach and consider how we can rethink our own approach to assigning writing through this lens.Oct. 24, 2–3 p.m.: Revision-focused FeedbackIn this T&P session, participants will hear findings from research about student responses to faculty feedback on their writing and learn strategies to prompt thoughtful revision from students.Nov. 14, 2–3 p.m.: Minimal MarkingPut the pen down. In this T&P session, participants will learn about and practice a response technique called minimal marking. This technique scaffolds students’ active learning of sentence-level writing features in a way that “sticks.”

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Article by CAS Communication Staff 

September 13, 2023​