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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777834703321

Titolo

The writing center director's resource book / / edited by Christina Murphy, Byron L. Stay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-135-60040-6

1-281-07605-8

1-135-60041-4

9786611076054

0-203-93311-7

1-4294-6300-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (473 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MurphyChristina

StayByron L. <1947->

Disciplina

808/.042/071

Soggetti

English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching

Report writing - Study and teaching (Higher)

Writing centers - Administration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I : Writing Centers and Institutional Change; Chapter 1. Time Warp: Historical Representations of Writing Center Directors; Chapter 2. Kairos and the Writing Center: Modern Perspectives on an Ancient Idea; Chapter 3. Writing a Sustainable History: Mapping Writing Center Ethos; Chapter 4. The Writing Center Summer Institute: Backgrounds, Development, Vision; Chapter 5. Growing Our Own: Writing Centers as Historically Fertile Fields for Professional Development; Chapter 6. Designing a Strategic Plan for a Writing Center

Chapter 7. "If You Fail to Plan, You Plan to Fail": Strategic Planning and Management for Writing Center DirectorsChapter 8. A Call for Racial Diversity in the Writing Center; Chapter 9. Managing the Center: The Director as Coach; Chapter 10. Documentation Strategies and the Institutional Socialization of Writing Centers; Chapter 11. Directors at the Center: Relationships Across Campus; Chapter 12. The Center Has



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Sommario/riassunto

The Writing Center Director's Resource Book has been developed to serve as a guide to writing center professionals in carrying out their various roles, duties, and responsibilities. It is a resource for those whose jobs not only encompass a wide range of tasks but also require a broad knowledge of multiple issues. The volume provides information on the most significant areas of writing center work that writing center professionals both new and seasoned are likely to encounter. It is structured for use in diverse institutional settings, providing both current knowledge as well as case studies o