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Download full textFulwiler, Toby – 1990
Five problematic terms (disciplinarity, epistemology, mission, orthodoxy, and inertia) speak to the future of writing across the curriculum (WAC) at the college and university level. Inertia makes all the programmatic issues of strict disciplinarity, rigidly objective epistemologies, anti-educational missions, and entrenched orthodoxies just that…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Instruction, Educational Philosophy, Educational Trends
Fulwiler, Toby – 1989
A writing class that includes individuals from different disciplines can allow its members to gain a useful perspective on what people do, study, and stand for in the world outside the writing class. There are three assignments that can be particularly useful to explain the view of writing as an extra-disciplinary activity: (1) studying a prose…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Nonfiction, Research Papers (Students)
Fulwiler, Toby – 1992
This report outlines the impact of the University of Vermont's writing-across-the-curriculum program on the development of the English major. Included in the report are: (1) a summary of the faculty writing project, with a list of premises and practices; (2) descriptions of four books published collaboratively by members of the English department…
Descriptors: College English, Course Descriptions, English Departments, English Instruction
Peer reviewedFulwiler, Toby – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1988
The complex and comprehensive nature of writing-across-the-curriculum programs makes them difficult to evaluate. There are some measures of program effectiveness that are easy to collect and others that are worth trying for. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Evaluation
Peer reviewedFulwiler, Toby – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1989
Describes the mechanics of workshops designed to introduce new ideas about teaching with writing to instructors in all subject areas. Focuses on: leader qualities; workshop content; and logistics (setting, size, time, and equipment). (MM)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Process Approach (Writing), Program Administration
Fulwiler, Toby – ADE Bulletin, 1988
Examines the advantages and disadvantages of writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) programs. Concludes that WAC programs help students use, study, and research language more thoughtfully. (MM)
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Higher Education, Integrated Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewedFulwiler, Toby – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1997
Recommends that college teachers and their students exchange weekly letters, in either paper or electronic form, as a familiar and friendly means of communication. The method increases dialog, suggests rethinking, and encourages rewriting while keeping the stakes low. Students respond well to the assignment. Samples of student letters and comments…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, College Instruction
