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Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Abilities — Written Expression
For the minor--imagine a screencast video that begins with this page...
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Professional Writing minor
Hi Everyone,
At Detroit Mercy, recently proposed a minor in Professional Writing. While
we have been approved at the college level, we have been instructed to
provide additional information with evidence that supports that such a
minor has actual "market value."
Within our proposal, we have already referenced the following:
- Association of American Colleges & Universities. (2015). *Falling
Short? College learning and career. *Washington. DC: Hart Research
Associates.
- Cargile Cook, K. (2002). Layered literacies: A theoretical framework
for technical and professional communication pedagogy. *Technical
Communication, 53*(3): 287-295.
- The College Board. (2004). *Writing: A Ticket to Work or a Ticket Out…
A Survey of Buisiness Leaders*. New York, NY.
- Giordinao, C. (2011). Mid-year checkpoint: Top five trends in
technical writing. *Techwr-l*. Retrieved from <
http://www.techwr-l.com/content/mid-year-check-point-top-five-trends-technical-writing
literacies: Assessment instruments for aligning technical and professional
Communication undergraduate curricula with professional
expectations. *Programmatic
Perspectives, 6*(1): 3-26.
- Meloncon, L. (2012). Current overview of academic certificates in
technical and professional communication in the United States. *Technical
Communication, 59*(3): 207-222.
- Rainey, K. T., & Turner, R.K. (2004). Certification in technical
communication. *Technical Communication Quarterly, 13*(2): 211-234.
So, I'm checking in with the rest of the hive to see if anyone has
additional resources or recommendations for demonstrating market value to
administrators!
Thanks much!
*Joseph Paszek, Ph.D.*
Assistant Professor of English
Director of the Writing Program
Director of the Writing Center
Briggs Bldg. 214
Phone: 313-993-1165
At Detroit Mercy, recently proposed a minor in Professional Writing. While
we have been approved at the college level, we have been instructed to
provide additional information with evidence that supports that such a
minor has actual "market value."
Within our proposal, we have already referenced the following:
- Association of American Colleges & Universities. (2015). *Falling
Short? College learning and career. *Washington. DC: Hart Research
Associates.
- Cargile Cook, K. (2002). Layered literacies: A theoretical framework
for technical and professional communication pedagogy. *Technical
Communication, 53*(3): 287-295.
- The College Board. (2004). *Writing: A Ticket to Work or a Ticket Out…
A Survey of Buisiness Leaders*. New York, NY.
- Giordinao, C. (2011). Mid-year checkpoint: Top five trends in
technical writing. *Techwr-l*. Retrieved from <
http://www.techwr-l.com/content/mid-year-check-point-top-five-trends-technical-writing
- Henschel, S. & Meloncon, L. (2014). Of Horsemen and layered
literacies: Assessment instruments for aligning technical and professional
Communication undergraduate curricula with professional
expectations. *Programmatic
Perspectives, 6*(1): 3-26.
- Meloncon, L. (2012). Current overview of academic certificates in
technical and professional communication in the United States. *Technical
Communication, 59*(3): 207-222.
- Rainey, K. T., & Turner, R.K. (2004). Certification in technical
communication. *Technical Communication Quarterly, 13*(2): 211-234.
So, I'm checking in with the rest of the hive to see if anyone has
additional resources or recommendations for demonstrating market value to
administrators!
Thanks much!
*Joseph Paszek, Ph.D.*
Assistant Professor of English
Director of the Writing Program
Director of the Writing Center
Briggs Bldg. 214
Phone: 313-993-1165
Dirk Remley's Business Writing Links
Good Writing Can Help You Succeed
I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why.
Business Perspective: The importance of business communication skills
BTW: Writing proficiency is assessed as part of the CPA and CMA exams [and I call attention to that in business writing classes]:
https://www.rogercpareview.com/blog/tips-bec-written-communication-section-cpa-exam
Writing is part of the "BEC" portion ("Business Environment and Concepts"-- one of the 4 'testlets').
Writing assessment is 15% of the BEC test score.
It's also assessed on the CMA exam (managerial accounting): It's 25% of the total exam score on that one.
Study: Poor Writing Skills Are Costing Businesses Billions
I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why.
Business Perspective: The importance of business communication skills
BTW: Writing proficiency is assessed as part of the CPA and CMA exams [and I call attention to that in business writing classes]:
https://www.rogercpareview.com/blog/tips-bec-written-communication-section-cpa-exam
Writing is part of the "BEC" portion ("Business Environment and Concepts"-- one of the 4 'testlets').
Writing assessment is 15% of the BEC test score.
It's also assessed on the CMA exam (managerial accounting): It's 25% of the total exam score on that one.
Study: Poor Writing Skills Are Costing Businesses Billions
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Curricular Materials for Workplace Unit
Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 10:59:37 -0400
From: Ashley Kniss <ashley.anne.kniss@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Readings for Career Unit
Hello All,
I'm in the initial stages of helping put together a pilot unit for my
department's introductory writing course. The unit is called "Writing Your
Career," and the goal is to help students understand the relationship among
education, career, and vocation and to integrate this understanding into
their own personal career goals and values.
We are compiling a broad reading list that will provide instructors with a
wide variety of readings to choose from, some that will be assigned in
class and some that will be available for student research.
Below is a tentative list of possible readings, but I was wondering if
anyone on the list has further suggestions or ideas.
Thanks,
Ashley Kniss
*OpEds*
Mark Edmundson, “Education’s Hungry Hearts”
Alina Tugund, “Vocation or Exploration? Pondering the Purpose of College”
Carlo Rotella, “No, It Doesn’t Matter What You Majored In.”
*Essays/Speeches*
Adrienne Rich: “Claiming an Education”
Paolo Freire: “The Banking Concept of Education”
Alan Lightman: “The Art of Science”
Ellen Gilchrist: “The Middle Way”
Christopher Claussen: “Against Work”
Donald Hall: “Life Work”
Virginia Woolf: “A Room of One’s Own”
*Memoir/autobiography*
Frederick Douglass: “Learning to Read and Write”
Maya Angelou: “Graduation”
*Journalism/nonfiction*
Michael Lewis: “The Curse of Talent”
Atul Gawande: “Big Med”
Burkhard Bilger: “The Egg Men”
William Finnegan, “Dignity”
---
Phillip Levine’s great poems, “What Work Is” and “They Feed They Lion.”
---
Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 12:52:28 -0400
From: Kathy Albertson <katalb@GEORGIASOUTHERN.EDU>
Subject: Re: Readings for Career Unit
HI Ashley,
I have my students read "The Learning Curve," a report about graduates' difficulties with adapting to employers' expectations, especially concerning information literacy practices. I think Head is the author, but I'm not near my material at the moment. It contains employer and the student/employee's perspectives, which created rich discussion in class.
Sent from my iPad
---
Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 13:20:10 -0400
From: Thomas Wright <wrigh428@UMN.EDU>
Subject: Re: Readings for Career Unit
I haven't assigned it for years, but I still see some value in "What We
Learn from Writing on the Job," by Lester Faigley and Thomas P.
Miller. *College
English* Vol. 44, No. 6 (Oct., 1982), pp. 557-569. It provides a point of
comparison for more recent studies, and demonstrates that even before email
and similar types of writing, people wrote a lot on the job.
More recently, I've used Elizabeth Wardle's "Identity, Authority, and
Learning to Write in New Workplaces," which you can find here:
http://enculturation.net/5_2/wardle.html.
Thomas
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Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 18:48:44 +0000
From: "Liberatore, Rachel" <rliberatore@ALBRIGHT.EDU>
Subject: Re: Readings for Career Unit
Hi Ashley,
Your topic reminds me of this blog:
“What Do You Want To Be? vs. What Problems Do You Want To Solve? “
https://bayanprofessor.blogspot.com/2015/11/what-do-you-want-to-be-vs-what-problems.html
Happy reading,
Rachel Liberatore
Writing Center Director
From: Ashley Kniss <ashley.anne.kniss@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Readings for Career Unit
Hello All,
I'm in the initial stages of helping put together a pilot unit for my
department's introductory writing course. The unit is called "Writing Your
Career," and the goal is to help students understand the relationship among
education, career, and vocation and to integrate this understanding into
their own personal career goals and values.
We are compiling a broad reading list that will provide instructors with a
wide variety of readings to choose from, some that will be assigned in
class and some that will be available for student research.
Below is a tentative list of possible readings, but I was wondering if
anyone on the list has further suggestions or ideas.
Thanks,
Ashley Kniss
*OpEds*
Mark Edmundson, “Education’s Hungry Hearts”
Alina Tugund, “Vocation or Exploration? Pondering the Purpose of College”
Carlo Rotella, “No, It Doesn’t Matter What You Majored In.”
*Essays/Speeches*
Adrienne Rich: “Claiming an Education”
Paolo Freire: “The Banking Concept of Education”
Alan Lightman: “The Art of Science”
Ellen Gilchrist: “The Middle Way”
Christopher Claussen: “Against Work”
Donald Hall: “Life Work”
Virginia Woolf: “A Room of One’s Own”
*Memoir/autobiography*
Frederick Douglass: “Learning to Read and Write”
Maya Angelou: “Graduation”
*Journalism/nonfiction*
Michael Lewis: “The Curse of Talent”
Atul Gawande: “Big Med”
Burkhard Bilger: “The Egg Men”
William Finnegan, “Dignity”
---
Phillip Levine’s great poems, “What Work Is” and “They Feed They Lion.”
---
Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 12:52:28 -0400
From: Kathy Albertson <katalb@GEORGIASOUTHERN.EDU>
Subject: Re: Readings for Career Unit
HI Ashley,
I have my students read "The Learning Curve," a report about graduates' difficulties with adapting to employers' expectations, especially concerning information literacy practices. I think Head is the author, but I'm not near my material at the moment. It contains employer and the student/employee's perspectives, which created rich discussion in class.
Sent from my iPad
---
Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 13:20:10 -0400
From: Thomas Wright <wrigh428@UMN.EDU>
Subject: Re: Readings for Career Unit
I haven't assigned it for years, but I still see some value in "What We
Learn from Writing on the Job," by Lester Faigley and Thomas P.
Miller. *College
English* Vol. 44, No. 6 (Oct., 1982), pp. 557-569. It provides a point of
comparison for more recent studies, and demonstrates that even before email
and similar types of writing, people wrote a lot on the job.
More recently, I've used Elizabeth Wardle's "Identity, Authority, and
Learning to Write in New Workplaces," which you can find here:
http://enculturation.net/5_2/wardle.html.
Thomas
---
Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 18:48:44 +0000
From: "Liberatore, Rachel" <rliberatore@ALBRIGHT.EDU>
Subject: Re: Readings for Career Unit
Hi Ashley,
Your topic reminds me of this blog:
“What Do You Want To Be? vs. What Problems Do You Want To Solve? “
https://bayanprofessor.blogspot.com/2015/11/what-do-you-want-to-be-vs-what-problems.html
Happy reading,
Rachel Liberatore
Writing Center Director
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Books About Getting Writing Done When You Are an Academic/Professor
Professors as writers: A self-help guide to productive writing by Robert Boice
Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success
*The Slow Professor* by Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber
*Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write*, by Helen Sword
Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success
*The Slow Professor* by Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber
*Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write*, by Helen Sword
Monday, May 8, 2017
Monday, April 24, 2017
What Is a Video Essay?
https://www.adn.com/visual/2017/04/18/video-the-spring-tide/?nl=cooking&em_pos=large&emc=edit_ck_20170424
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