Conversations About Teaching

Four Pedagogies

• James Berlin, in The Major Pedagogical Theories, classifies four pedagogies for teaching writing. Which best fits your aims?

The Challenges of Grading

• How can we develop a set of fair criteria for grading? This conversation addresses common quesitons and posits some principles.

Managing the Personal

• Instructors are divided regarding the appropriate "place" for the personal in the writing classroom. This conversation invites us to consider how we might manage the personal in our classrooms.