CF blog http://compositionforum.com/blog News and updates related to Composition Forum Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:29:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en Welcome New Programs Editor! http://compositionforum.com/blog/2008/10/09/welcome-new-programs-editor/ http://compositionforum.com/blog/2008/10/09/welcome-new-programs-editor/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:48:16 +0000 Christian Weisser http://compositionforum.com/blog/?p=6 It is a great pleasure to welcome Mary Jo Reiff to the Composition Forum staff. Mary Jo will join Anis Bawarshi as a Programs Editor, and she will help Anis develop and publish more great Program Profiles in the future. Mary Jo brings to the position her expertise as Director of Composition at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

Welcome, Mary Jo!

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I’m also thrilled to announce the appointment of Michelle Ballif as Managing Editor and Anis Bawarshi as Programs Editor. Michelle has been with the journal for several years and has graciously agreed to take on more responsibility, while Anis has just begun working with us. Welcome, Anis!

For more information about the contents of this newest volume and about the changes taking place at CF, please visit our From the Editors page. And don’t forget to bookmark our new location: http://compositionforum.com/

Thanks for your support!

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Lots of automated find and replace today. I’m sure I’ll keep finding little issues to correct here and there…

]]> http://compositionforum.com/blog/2008/07/05/starting-to-redirect/feed/ CFP: Service-learning in the Composition Classroom http://compositionforum.com/blog/2008/06/18/cfp-service-learning-in-the-composition-classroom/ http://compositionforum.com/blog/2008/06/18/cfp-service-learning-in-the-composition-classroom/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:06:28 +0000 Bradley Dilger http://compositionforum.com/blog/?p=1 Call for Papers: Service-learning in the Composition Classroom

Submissions are sought for a professional development book for both new and experienced composition teachers that will focus on the role of service-learning in the composition classroom. The book will be part of the Fountainhead Press X Series for Professional Development. Essays are sought that provide practical ideas for using service-learning pedagogy in the classroom; however, the practical application should build on a pedagogical discussion that frames the teaching/learning activities. In other words, do not only tell how, but also why.

The specific audience includes

  • New teaching assistants, adjuncts and instructors teaching composition courses, including technical writing
  • Service-learning/Community Literacy personnel
  • Writing Program administrators interested in the creation of professional development courses or programs
  • Writing Center personnel
  • Writing Across the Curriculum personnel

Possible topics include

  • Pedagogical pros and cons of using service-learning in the composition classroom
  • Collaborative models for working with community partners
  • Management of service-learning projects – planning documents, designating roles for community partners/teachers/students, designing legal documents to protect student interests and ownership/use of final products, forming/managing work teams, etc.
  • Designing course schedules with flexibility, utilizing regular class meetings versus engagement time with community partners
  • Models for working with profit/not-for-profit organizations
  • Assessment models/assessment implications/role of community partners in assessment
  • Strategies for gaining administrative/community support for projects
  • Strategies for gearing service-learning approaches to programmatic needs
  • Implications of service-learning related to community literacy
  • The role of technology in service-learning and the learning opportunities presented
  • Implications for the role of teacher in service-learning
  • Strategies for dealing with ethical implications of service-learning engagement/products/expectations/responsibilities
  • Discussions of end products developed through service-learning activities
  • Discussions of student/teacher/programmatic/community partner attitudes about the reasons for service-learning activities

You are strongly encouraged to provide samples of

  • Student writing
  • End products
  • Forms
  • Syllabi
  • Assignment descriptions

Submissions written collaboratively with students/administrators/community partners are especially encouraged. Submissions should be around 5,000 words and should follow MLA style. Please refer to http://www.fountainheadpress.com/english/xseries.html for series style guide. Submit essays in digital form (Word/rtf) by October 1, 2008 to susan.garza@tamucc.edu.

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