Re: the 'logic' of training tutors thru' EN

[Jen and Karl <jenandkarl@scescape.net>]

Virginia--

Our training course is English 265--The Writing Conference. My experience
with the course has been the same as Wes's. After reading the other
training course descriptions, I suppose there may be a number of logical
reasons to designate the course as an English course. In my case, however,
I tend to agree with Wes; I see no particular reason for it to be part of
the English Department courseload. In fact, I've considered looking into
other possible designations in order to emphasize the cross-curricular
nature of the course and, by association, the work in the Writing Room.

karl


>Our training course is English 236x: Tutoring Writing.  To be honest,
>though, I don't see that there *is* any logical reason for it to be
>designated as an English course.  It does not count for students as a major
>requirement, has no affiliation with the department's writing
>concentration, enrolls at least as many students from outside English as
>students within, has no special pedagogical affiliation with any other
>course in the department, and does not count in my teaching load.  The only
>reason that it got an English designation is that I'm in the English Dept.
>and there was no other institutional structure available through which I
>could propose a course to our Curriculum Council.
>
>Wes
>
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Jennifer Onofrio
and
Karl Fornes
jenandkarl@scescape.net

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