"Teaching Your Students to Think and Write in Your Discipline"

10/08/98

3:30 PM to 7:15 PM

Gardner Hall Auditorium--Room 100

Student Center--Nebraska Room

 
Meeting called by: 

Type of meeting: 

Facilitator:

 Dr. Jo Taylor, Vice President for Academic Affairs 

Faculty Workshop 

Dr. Linda Nilson
 
Attendees: All Wayne State Faculty Members
Please read: Chapter 22, Teaching Students to Think and Write in the Disciplines, in Teaching at Its Best*
Please bring: A description of your discipline’s writing expectations for a research report**
   
  Agenda topics
3:30-3:35 PM Meeting Overview Jo Taylor
3:35-3:40 PM Introduction of Guest Speaker Jeff Johnston
3:40-4:25 PM Introductory Remarks Linda Nilson
4:30-5:15 PM Breakout Groups Jeff Johnston
5:15-6:00 PM Group Presentations and Discussion Linda Nilson
6:00-7:15 PM Buffet Dinner/Wrap-up and Closing Comments Lynne Olson/Linda Nilson
   
Special notes: 
  • * Teaching At Its Best, Linda B. Nilson, 1998. Anker Publishing Company. 
  • ** Answering the following six questions will help you focus on the writing expectations of your discipline:
  1. What research methodologies are favored?
  2. What kinds of writing are done in this field?
  3. What patterns of organization are typical of the writing in your discipline? How are these patterns shown in headings or subheadings?
  4. What does a sample document from the field reveal about style, word choice, and tone?
  5. What kinds of evidence do experts in the field use?
  6. How is that evidence documented?

[Research and Writing in the Disciplines. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992, 24] 

 
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