Re: Revision: Who Else Hates It?

[Mickey Harris <harrism@mace.cc.purdue.edu>]

OOOPS, sorry, folks, this is really a comment on Rick's mention of the
MBTI and its use with tutors, not on whatever the subject line is. (As
usual, I think we drift from topic to topic in these notes, as any
good conversation does...can't figure how Eric tracks it all in that
other list.)

Anyway, Rick's comment:

> 
> Each time we run the tutor training course, someone from our counseling center
> administers the MBTI and visits class to take us through the implications of
> it. We supplement this with material from the book by Jensen and Tiberio,
> _Persoality and the Teaching of Writing_, and the excellent article by
> Scharton and Neuleib, "The Gift of Insight," in the collection _The Writing
> Center: New Directions_.
> 
> Rick Leahy Boise State U.
> 
> 

I too find the MBTI a super-useful tool in tutor training to help
everyone remember that we write in different ways and that we can
suggest but not push our own writing techniques. Somewhere, I saw a
reference to some quick MBTI test on the Web. Anyone have that?

Tom Thompson, at the Citadel, is in the last stages of putting
together a book on using the MBTI for teaching/tutoring writing. Tom,
are you there? If not, anyone who's interested can contact him for
information about when the book will be a reality:
	    3thompsont@citadel.edu
It's a collection of articles on various aspects of using the MBTI,
and I think he's trying to target a general high school/college
audience.

And if anyone does try the MBTI for the first time, try prefacing that
with a discussion in which your tutors-to-be describe their writing
processes to each other. It's a fascinating discussion, generates lots
of useful insights.

-- 
Mickey Harris
harrism@mace.cc.purdue.edu