CCCC '97 Outcomes Forum (Session L.17): The Continuation

WPA Conference '97 Session: Irv Peckham's small group report

genre knowledge: replace the spelling etc. place it later at least for wpa audience. Make that first sentence the last sent. The problem is foregrounding that with the wpa audience. The public, however, would like to see low level conventions first. Rhetoric knowldedge. Respond appropriately (ethically) to those different situations. Dickie has a problem w/ the word ethically. ---the desire here is to throw social responsibility into the discourse. Respond responsibly maybe. The language: when do we change the language. Is there another way to say discourse conventions. When we translate, make it a public document. (Stuart shows that #3 is readable to a general audience.) # 1—change data to information. need some interest in the rhetoric of media. Appropriately identify publishing systems they want to use. [#1] write to a specified audience in a specified medium. #2 they should have confidence as writers in print and other media.: the gist is to get choice and practice in varied media into the document. New Category: Information Literacy. Need something about critical evaluation, interpretation, and processing of information (and information sources). Some thing about critical literacy. To get examples: put out as a project document. On listserve (samples from students—examples of specific tasks—anything to specify

Forums: To AAHE. Present it to them. Do a workshop there. Like this. Change the language. We could gain a lot from a cross audience analysis. Get imput from parents/ K12 teachers. Try it out on varied groups (with language changed).

Whole Discussion

Compare to the ncte documents; the ira document. use it as a model these are the outcomes—buy why? It seems like a step approach. Is this course serving the people who wouldn't complete their degree. Outcome: to get them to learn how to look more closely at language (theirs and others). Under rhetorical knowledge. They should also acquire the ability to engage intellectually and critically with information . Be careful what you ask for: you will be assessed viz a viz your students' abilities. foster communicative versatility. is it possible to evaluate their knowledge on the basis of responses to their texts? Outcomes: can we change it? Goals suggested. write it for wpa's first; then go for other audiences.
 

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