Monthly Archives: July 2012

audience, equivalency

It was suggested that many non-traditional assignments (especially those directed toward publishing course experiences) are particularly useful in the way they shift the audience. Students are no longer writing for an audience of two (themselves and their professor). In many … Continue reading

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pandering or adapting?

Another way to look at the issue of traditional vs. non-traditional literature assignments is to wonder whether a movement toward the non-traditional is actually pandering to the likes of today’s tech-saavy, attention-deficit prone students. JPF suggested that at its best … Continue reading

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relationship of non-traditional to critical writing

On July 18th, 2012, nine interested academics gathered at Stockton College. For 71 minutes we discuss ways to re-envision teaching in the Literature classroom. See the meeting agenda here: Rethinking Thoughts. Below is the first of several posts digesting our … Continue reading

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