The Institute for Writing and Rhetoric holds several professional development workshops for faculty in fall, winter, and spring terms.
To see a list of our faculty workshop offerings and to sign up for any event that interests you, please click here.
These sessions offer the IWR's teaching faculty an opportunity to learn more about the Davis Foundation-funded Study of Student Writing. Each session will include presentation of and active engagement with the study's methods and results. In Fall 2011, sessions were be held at 4 - 5:30 pm on 10/25/11, 11/10/11, and 12/8/11. In Winter 2012, sessions will be held at 4 - 5:30 pm on 2/23/12 and 3/12/12. In Spring 2012, there will be a session on 4/25/12 4 - 5:15 pm. For more information and to sign up, see our main events calendar here.
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The 2012 Dartmouth Summer Seminar for Composition Research is designed for writing program administrators and writing faculty from all types of higher education venues engaged in research about composition, and looking for an intensive, high-powered two weeks to work on that research and to learn the best approaches and methods from national experts. Guided interaction about participants' projects is offered in the months leading up to the Seminar. The Seminar itself offers coursework, small-group discussion and exchange, individual consultation with Seminar leaders, time to work alone or in groups on research projects, and a concluding presentation to the group with feedback from team leaders.
We will cover a range of topics related to all stages of the research process, and we will tailor our detailed schedule of topics to fit the needs of our selected participants. The 2011 Seminar, for example, covered effective literature reviews, data segmenting and coding, statistics, statistical software, writing for publication, IRB processes, and working with Institutional Research offices.
The application is due December 15th, 2011.---------------------------------------------------------
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2011 First Annual Dartmouth Summer Seminar for Composition Research
Inaugural Topic: “GOT DATA—NOW WHAT?”
July 31-August 12, 2011
Dartmouth College’s Institute for Writing and Rhetoric, in collaboration with the Council of Writing Program Administrators, held its first annual two-week Research Summer Seminar, July 31-August 12, 2011 on the Dartmouth College campus in Hanover, NH.
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Guest Lecture by Bruce Horner
"Rewriting English: Toward a Translingual Approach to Teaching Writing"
Friday, April 1, 2011, 12:15 pm
Rockefeller Center Class of 1930 Room
A guest lecture by Bruce Horner, Professor, Endowed Chair Rhetoric and Composition, Department of English, University of Louisville.
Dr. Horner's work explores theoretical stances faculty should consider taking towards language difference in students' writing, and practices faculty should consider embracing in their own scholarly work and their teaching. He will offer a general talk for the Dartmouth community, provoking discussion about English and changing world standards. This event is co-sponsored by the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning, the Leslie Center for the Humanities, and the Institute for Writing and Rhetoric.
Lunch will be served at 12:15 pm, the talk will begin at 12:30 pm. Please register by Wed. 3/30/11.
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Guest Lecture by Gunther Kress
"Social Givens and Semiotic Response: Principles of and Resources for Composition in 21st Century Conditions of Provisionality"
Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 4:30 pm
Rockefeller Center Room 003
Gunther Kress is Professor of Semiotics and Education at the Institute for Education, London, UK. He is a world leader in the study, theorizing, and exploration of multimodality and its impact on composing, communication, meaning-making and design in an increasingly fragmented, individualized world.
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