Yesterday we introduced the idea of contemplative pedagogy and offered a working definition of this teaching practice. We said that, although you may be new to it, contemplative pedagogy is rooted in some very old techniques. You may be thinking, “who on earth would […]
Categories: Contemplative Pedagogy
Folks at WFU, including faculty in the Writing Program, are gearing up to celebrate contemplative pedagogy with a few upcoming events focused on that topic. But what exactly is contemplative pedagogy? According to professor Eric Stottlemyer: Contemplative pedagogy incorporates […]
Categories: Contemplative Pedagogy, Uncategorized
Post from Professor Laura Giovanelli As a teacher of writing who also tries to write, I think a lot about how we get it done. Writers’ processes, that is. My process. My students’ processes. Other writers’ processes. How do we go from a fuzzy notion–what […]
Categories: Writing Process
On Tuesday, we talked about the new interdisciplinary Writing Minor. We said that interdisciplinary means that it spans across multiple disciplines or branches of learning. We shared that “Students in the interdisciplinary Writing Minor will develop their academic, critical, and rhetorical writing skills in […]
Categories: Events
epeolatry, n. “The worship of words.” “As an epeolatry, he read the ‘word of the day’ email first thing every morning.” “epeolatry, n.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2014. Web. 2 September 2014.
Categories: Uncategorized, Word of the Week
Recently, the Writing Program unveiled its new Interdisciplinary Writing Minor. interdisciplinary, adj. “Of or pertaining to two or more disciplines or branches of learning; contributing to or benefiting from two or more disciplines.” Hey WFU students, come to the open house on October […]
Categories: Events
Categories: Events
Happy Friday folks! Here’s a look back at our week in the center. – Monday we shared some words that might not mean what you think they mean. Literally. We did that. – Wednesday was a new word. – Thursday we […]
Categories: Meta
We’re going to try a new little series on Active Voice where we share the amazing accomplishments of our tutors – because, they’re all pretty amazing! First up, Brooke! Brooke was recently named a Collegiate Correspondent for USA Today. As the WFU representative, she joins […]
Categories: Tutor Feature
moonglade, n. “The track made by moonlight on water.” “So many of her poems were inspired by the moonglade and other evening beauties.” “moon, n.1.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2014. Web. 2 September 2014.
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