Archive for May, 2010

Oral Communications

As Michael M. pointed out last week, students do not have an oral communications requirement in the new curriculum (though oral communications are also supposed to be infused into the structure of FSEMs, and students may pick up other experiences along the way).  How best to deal with the challenge of fostering this crucial skill ...Read more.

Writing Intensive Pedagogies

At last week’s workshop, Megan communicated some of the standards of “writing intensive” courses that have emerged in national conversations among people who teach writing.  Both in the workshop and in a subsequent email exchange, we’ve wrestled to understand just what “writing intensive” should mean for our JS courses.  As Tom wrote in one email, ...Read more.