M W Jones's Profile

These findings have agitated program developers and academics, who hate to see their widely touted remedies fail to significantly help children when implemented on a large scale. It is less clear that veteran educators feel the same way. After all, most of them have seen too many widely touted research-based innovations come and go with little serious change in student achievement.

506 T WRITING STUDIES II, Prior.  TH 3-4:50  (CRN 37165)

same as CI 564

TOPIC:  Writing in Multimodal Genre Systems

Area Requirement:  Writing Studies

This seminar (for which Writing Studies 1 English 505/C&I 563 is not a prerequisite) aims to foster an in-depth experience of theory, research, and pedagogy in Writing Studies. It begins with an overview of some central issues that have shaped the field. It then turns to an in-depth examination of a theme—writing in multimodal genre systems—that integrates work on writing processes, genre, and multimodality in different contexts (school, workplace, home, community) and at different levels of development (from pre-school children to adults). Course readings and discussion will explore the theoretical grounds for genre theories, trace empirical studies of multimodal writing processes, sketch the bases for a semiotic approach to literate activity, and consider implications for instruction. In addition to active participation in class activities and regular informal writing, each student will be expected to explore and write on an issue of particular interest in greater depth.

Texts: Mikhail Bakhtin, Speech Genres and Other Late Essays and readings by scholars such as Charles Bazerman, Carol Berkenkotter, Jay Bolter, Bill Hart-Davidson, Sharon Crowley, Amy Devitt, Judith Irvine, George Kamberelis, David Kirkland, Gunter Kress, Bruno Latour, Kevin Leander, Theresa Lillis, Carolyn Miller, Anthony Pare, Kristen Perry, Louise Phelps, Paul Prior, Kevin Roozen, Jody Shipka, John Swales, Valentin Voloshinov, Stephen Witte, and Anne Wyoscki.

578 C LIT AND OTHER DISCIPLINES, Fouche.  TU 2-3:50  (CRN 39658)

meets with CAS 587

TOPIC: Interpreting Technoscience: Exploration in Identity, Culture, and Democracy

Area Requirement:  Writing Studies/Critical Theory

This seminar will examine the ways technoscience (the confluence of scientific practices and technological artifacts) influences and affects human identity, cultural knowledge, and democratic action. This focus will explore historical, contemporary, and emerging interpretations of technoscience as a means to understanding connections between science, technology, and human existence.