Provides background information and practical suggestions to librarians and instructors involved with Writing-Across-the-Curriculum.
Writing-Across-the-Curriculum is a popular and effective means of teaching writing to undergraduates and preparing them to write in specific academic disciplines. It assumes that the ultimate responsibility for teaching this writing resides with faculty in the disciplines. This professional reference provides background information to librarians who wish to know more about Writing-Across-the-Curriculum and to instructors in writing-intensive courses who wish to know more about using library resources.
Comprises nine essays concerning WAC (writing-across-the-curriculum), a pedagogic reform which aims to shift the full burden of writing instruction away from composition classes, where it has traditionally resided, and return the charge to the disciplines or content areas. Sections cover various perspectives on style concerning WAC; research skills, process writing, and library-based writing courses; what WAC instructors and librarians can learn from one another; and case studies. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
