Required Materials and Tasks
Due July 23 Thursday: Required Readings
Required Readings on Social Justice
- Fish, Stanley. (Jan. 23, 2003). Save the world on your own time. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
- Famous Literary Scholar Fish challenges the teaching of social justice issues
- Bizzell, Patricia. (2009). Opinion: Composition studies saves the world! College English 72(2).
- Famous Composition Studies scholar Bizzell says it is impossible to separate our politics from our teaching
- McCoy, Shane A. (Winter 2020). Writing for justice in First-Year Composition (FYC). Radical Teacher, 116, 26-36.
- McCoy talks about what it means to fully embrace the ideology of social justice teaching
Required Readings on Teaching Multilingual Writers
- Best, Karen. (July 29, 2019). How faculty in all disciplines can help ESL writers succeed (Part 1). Another Word. The Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- This article explores many of the key challenges ESL student writers need assistance with in order to succeed at the college level
- Wilson, Jennifer S. (Summer, 2010). Engaging second language writers in freshman composition: A critical approach. Composition Forum 22.
- This article encourages composition teachers to view second language (multilingual) students as valuable members of a writing class who have much to contribute to the classroom community
Required Readings on Inclusion and Universal Design
- The Center for Excellence in Universal Design (CEUD)/National Disability Authority (NDA). (Accessed 2022). The 7 principles of universal design.
- The basic concepts of universal design
- CAST. (Accessed 2022). Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines.
- Strategies for making classrooms more accessible for all learners
Optional Readings on Social Justice
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- Blake offers practical ideas for making social justice a part of your teaching
- McIntosh, Peggy. (1989). “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”
- Classic article examining how race often provides often unrealized privilege to white people
Optional Readings on Teaching Multilingual Writers
- Riel, Shelynn. (August 19, 2022). Teaching writing to ESL/EFL students: Tips and activities at any level. Bridge Universe.
- This article offers basic advice on how to help multilingual students to successfully write in English
Optional Readings on Inclusion and Universal Design
- Sathy, Viji, & Hogan, Kelly A. (2019). How to make your teaching more inclusive. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
- Useful advice on how to make classrooms more inclusive
- National Center on Disability and Journalism (Aug. 2021). Disability language style guide.
- A helpful guide on how to talk intentionally about people with disabilities
