Re: Little Pollyana

[Laurie_Neighbors@monterey.edu (Laurie Neighbors)]

Hello....

I highly recommend Engaging Ideas also. 

At CSU Monterey Bay, we have a mandatory, writing-intensive course for
all students entering with under thirty units (ProSeminar). I serve, in
addition to my position as the Writing Coordinator for our Academic
Skills Achievement Program, as the Coordinator for this course, which
is taught by faculty from across the curriculum. Though all instructors
must focus their sections (regardless of theme/content) on the same
writing, reading, and oral communication outcomes, there's a lot of
diversity. 

With twenty sections this semester, more than half taught by
instructors without a background in composition, we were concerned
about curriculum, pedagogy, and consistency. We bought a case of Bean's
book and distributed it to every faculty member teaching the ProSeminar
course, and it's been hugely beneficial. 

I've also been using portions of the book with our Writing Tutors. I
especially like the section on working with grammar issues.

Laurie 

Laurie Jones Neighbors
CSUMB
laurie_neighbors@monterey.edu

wcenter@ttacs6.ttu.edu,Internet writes:
>From: Leigh_RYAN@umail.umd.edu (lr22)
>Subject: Re: Little Pollyana 
>Date: Thu, 03 Sep 98 07:57 EDT

>Jim,
>        A book you might find quite helpful is "Engaging Ideas: The
>Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active
>Learning in the Classroom."  It's by John C. Bean and is published by
>Jossey-Bass in 1996.  I got my copy through Amazon.com.

>Leigh Ryan
>University of Maryland College Park
>lr22@umail.umd.edu