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Reflecting on the Past, Reconstructing the Future: Faculty Members’ Threshold Concepts for Teaching Writing in the Disciplines


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dc.contributorChristopher Basgier, crb0085@auburn.eduen_US
dc.coverage.spatialAuburn Universityen_US
dc.creatorBasgier, Christopher
dc.creatorSimpson, Amber
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-08T20:46:01Z
dc.date.available2020-12-08T20:46:01Z
dc.date.created2020-12
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.37514/ATD-J.2020.17.1-2.02en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://wac.colostate.edu/docs/atd/volume17/basgier-simpson.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://aurora.auburn.edu/handle/11200/49941
dc.description.abstractA growing body of scholarship in writing studies has started exploring threshold concepts for writing, providing a synoptic view of the transformations students undergo as they learn about writing. However, the field has not yet undertaken a systematic investigation of threshold concepts for the teaching of writing. A distinction between threshold concepts for writing and threshold concepts for the teaching of writing is especially important for WAC initiatives that work with faculty in the disciplines who may not have extensive training in writing pedagogy. Research into threshold concepts for the teaching of writing in the disciplines can help WAC professionals better understand the conceptual transformations these faculty experience as they participate in our programs. In this article, we present three threshold concepts for the teaching of writing in the disciplines that we identified: effective writing pedagogy involves iterative, multifaceted change; students’ development as writers can be supported through scaffolded interventions; and genres can be taught as actions, not (just) as forms. To illustrate these concepts, we share faculty narratives from a survey and focus groups, which we analyze using a narrative framework for identifying threshold concepts derived from phenomenographic analysis. We conclude by suggesting additional candidates for threshold concepts for the teaching of writing in the disciplines, and commenting on the value of narrative for promoting faculty reflection and assessing WAC faculty development.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
dc.format.extent20 pagesen_US
dc.publisherWAC Clearinghouseen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAcross the Disciplinesen_US
dc.rightsArticles are published under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs)en_US
dc.subjectFaculty Developmenten_US
dc.subjectWriting in the Disciplines (WID)en_US
dc.subjectThreshold Conceptsen_US
dc.titleReflecting on the Past, Reconstructing the Future: Faculty Members’ Threshold Concepts for Teaching Writing in the Disciplinesen_US
dc.typeAudiovisualen_US
dc.type.genreJournal Article, Academic Journalen_US
dc.citation.volume17en_US
dc.citation.issue1/2en_US
dc.citation.spage6en_US
dc.citation.epage25en_US
dc.description.statusPublisheden_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.locationColorado State Universityen_US

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