Academic Writing Consulting and WAC (Jeffrey Jablonski)
	Quantity in Basket:none Code: 1-57273-633-X Price:$23.95 Title: Academic Writing Consulting and WAC Sub-title: Methods and Models for Guiding Cross-Curricular Literacy Work Author(s): Jeffrey Jablonski Publish Date: May 2006 Pages: 228 Affiliation: University of Nevada-Las Vegas Format: Paper
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This book provides theoretical models and practical methods for helping writing teachers and writing program administrators within postsecondary institutions conduct the interdisciplinary, collaborative consulting activities that are common with formal and information writing across the curriculum (WAC) programs. It specifically discusses how to conduct the day-to-day work of negotiating close working partnerships with faculty in other disciplines and is the first book length treatment to do so. Through theory building and empirical demonstration, the book deepens current understanding of how writing specialists collaborate with non-writing specialists in academic contexts and provides a map for structuring successful collaborations in the future. Contents: INTRODUCTION. What This Book is Not. Objectives and Method of This Book. Organization of the Book. RECONCEIVING THE INTELLECTUAL WORK OF CROSS-CURRICULAR LITERACY SPECIALISTS. Cross-Curricular Literacy in Historical Context. Toward Understanding of the Professional Knowledge Base in CCL Specialists. Professional Reform and the Question of WAC Expertise. THE LIMITS OF COLLABORATION THEORY. The Traditional or Commonsense Collaborative Mode. The Collaborative Philosophy Mode. The Consulting Model of Collaboration. PROFILES OF ACADEMIC WRITING CONSULTING PRACTICE. Constructive Reflection and Practical Inquiry. Defining Qualitative Interviewing. "But Isn't Interviewing Just ... Talking?” The Validity of Practitioner Profiles. "Laurel": A Writing Center Director Who Defines Collaboration According to Her Center's Mission and the Faculty Member's Personality. "Patricia": A Research Who "Works and Publishes with Others". "Roger": A Veteran Teacher Who (Tacitly) Knows the "Ecologies" of Collaborative Consulting Relationships. "Linda": A Cross-Curricular Writing Program Director Who Has Learned to Appreciate the "Tire-Kickers". Conclusion: Intelligible Practices/Intelligent Practitioners. MODELS FOR ACADEMIC WRITING CONSULTING. A Framework for Writing Consulting. Reflective Inquiry and Discipline-Based Research Models. Conclusion. THE PROCESS OF ACADEMIC WRITING CONSULTING. Kuriloff's Five-Stage Model of Writing Consulting. Process Consultation and WAC: Addressing the Problem of Faculty Resistance. Building Theories of Academic Writing Consulting Practice. THE INTELLECTUAL VALUE OF CROSS-CURRICULAR LITERACY WORK. Locating WAC Work Within the "Usual Triad". Patricia's Collaborative Service Ethic: "My Work is of a Piece". Roger's Cross-Curricular Links: "Part of the Mix". Linda's Case for Tenure: "Living What You Practice". Conclusion: Constructing WAC Scholarship. CONCLUSION: THE FOURTH STAGE OF WAC. Appendixes. References. Author Index. Subject Index.