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Author:   Paula Gillespie ,  Alice Gillam ,  Lady Falls Brown ,  Byron Stay
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.720kg
ISBN:  

9780805834468

ISBN 10:   080583446
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   01 December 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part I: Writing Centers as Sites of Self-Reflective Inquiry.A. Gillam, The Call to Research: Early Representations of Writing Center Research. E. Boquet, Disciplinary Action: Writing Center Work and the Making of a Researcher. P. Gillespie, Beyond the House of Lore: WCenter as Research Site. N. Lerner, Insider as Outsider: Participant Observation as Writing Center Research. Part II: Writing Centers as Sites of Institutional Critique and Contextual Inquiry.M. Harris, Writing Center Administration: Making Local, Institutional Knowledge in Our Writing Centers. P. Carino, Reading Our Own Words: Rhetorical Analysis and the Institutional Discourse of Writing Centers. J. Olson, D.J. Moyer, A. Falda, Student-Centered Assessment Research in the Writing Center. J.M. Neff, Capturing Complexity: Using Grounded Theory to Study Writing Centers. S. Thomas, J. Bevins, M.A. Crawford, The Portfolio Project: Sharing Our Stories. D. DeVoss, Computer Literacies and the Roles of the Writing Center. Part III: Writing Centers as Sites of Inquiry Into Practice.K.B. Yancey, Seeing Practice Through Their Eyes: Reflection as Teacher. N. Welch, The Return of the Suppressed: Tutoring Stories in a Transitional Space. J. Rodby, The Subject Is Literacy: General Education and the Dialectics of Power and Resistance in the Writing Center. J.M. Lutes, Why Feminists Make Better Tutors: Gender and Disciplinary Expertise in a Curriculum-Based Tutoring Program.

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""The articles collected in this volume provide a long and wide view of writing center research....Like many of the book's contributors, my time to read-in-the-field is a precious commodity in short supply; this book offered a good way to catch-up."" —The Writing Lab ""Exactly what those of us interested in writing centers want and need right now. The editors have a very good handle on the state of the field....What I like best is the way the essays address the issue of research and at the same time present results from the research....These essays inspired me to conduct research in the writing center I direct...this is one big plus of the book."" —Carrie S. Leverenz Florida State University ""The editors are right on the mark when they say that the field needs more research and more diverse research on the work of writing centers....This proposed collection will do much to enhance the status of scholarly inquiry in writing centers."" —Duane Roen Arizona State University

The articles collected in this volume provide a long and wide view of writing center research....Like many of the book's contributors, my time to read-in-the-field is a precious commodity in short supply; this book offered a good way to catch-up. -The Writing Lab Exactly what those of us interested in writing centers want and need right now. The editors have a very good handle on the state of the field....What I like best is the way the essays address the issue of research and at the same time present results from the research....These essays inspired me to conduct research in the writing center I direct...this is one big plus of the book. -Carrie S. Leverenz Florida State University The editors are right on the mark when they say that the field needs more research and more diverse research on the work of writing centers....This proposed collection will do much to enhance the status of scholarly inquiry in writing centers. -Duane Roen Arizona State University

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