On location : theory and practice in classroom-based writing tutoring
Title:
On location : theory and practice in classroom-based writing tutoring
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Candace Spigelman, Laurie Grobman.
Publication Information:
Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, c2005.
Physical Description:
262 p. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780874215991
Abstract:
"The essays in this collection integrate theory and practice to highlight the alliances and connections on location tutoring offers while suggesting strategies for resolving its conflict. Contributors: examine classroom-based tutoring programs located in composition courses as well as in writing intensive courses across the disciplines."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-255) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : on location in classroom-based writing tutoring / Candace Spigelman and Laurie Grobman -- 1. Diplomatic relations : peer tutors in the writing classroom / Teagan Decker -- 2. General readers and classroom tutors across the curriculum / Mary Soliday -- 3. Building bridges to academic discourse : the peer group leader in basic writing peer response groups / Laurie Grobman -- 4. Writing and reading community learning : collaborative learning among writing center consultants, students, and teachers / Jim Ottery, Jean Petrolle, Derek John Boczkowski and Steve Mogge -- 5. Tutors' voices - building trust and community in peer writing group classrooms / Casey You -- 6. The idea of a writing center meets the reality of classroom-based tutoring / Barbara Little Liu and Holly Mandes -- 7. Bringing the noise : peer power and authority, on location / Steven J. Corbett -- 8. A cautionary tale about "tutoring" peer response groups / Melissa Nicolas -- 9. Tutors' voices - active revision in a peer group : the role of the peer group leader / Kelly Giger -- 10. Contextualizing issues of power and promise : classroom-based tutoring in writing across the curriculum / Marti Singer, Robin Breault and Jennifer Wing -- 11. Classroom-based tutoring and the "problem" of tutor identity : highlighting the shift from writing center to classroom-based tutoring / David Martins and Thia Wolf -- 12. "I've got not strings on me" : avoiding marionette theater with peer consultants in the classroom / Susan Hrach Georgecink -- 13. Reconstructing authority : negotiating power in democratic learning sites / Candace Spigelman -- 14. Tutors' voices - institutional change and the University of Wisconsin-Madison writing fellows program / Jennifer Corroy -- Conclusion : hybrid matters : the promise of tutoring on location / Laurie Grobman and Candace Spigelman.