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Writing Across the Curriculum Dialogue Day
March 4, 2005
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Chandler-Gilbert Community College
26 East Pecos Road, Chandler
480-732-7000
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This Dialogue Day has been submitted for pre-approval of Faculty Professional Growth non-academic advancement.
Writing Across the Curriculum Dialogue Day
March 4, 2005
Chandler-Gilbert Community College
(Room SC 140)
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Continental Breakfast and Lunch will be provided.
featuring...
Dr. Virginia Draper
University of California Santa Cruz
During this Dialogue Day, participants will:
- share WAC activities occurring at each college in our district
- create a unifying district definition of WAC that will guide us in future WAC endeavors
- learn more about the relationship of WAC to student learning, effective WAC ÊÊpractices, faculty responses to WAC, and how to create and maintain a WAC ÊÊprogram
Guest Speakers
- A panel of faculty and administrators from several of the colleges in our district
- Darby Heath & colleagues from Chandler-Gilbert, who will provide support from brain research for the role of writing in teaching and learning and discuss sample classroom activities
- Dr. Virginia Draper, Education faculty and Director of WAC at University of California Santa Cruz for 10 years, who will discuss her research on WAC in the natural sciences and help us to synthesize our morning discussions, offering suggestions and feedback
For More Information
Please contact Diane Clark with any questions: (480)732-7178; diane.clark@cgcmail.maricopa.edu
About the speaker...
Dr. Virginia Draper
Lecturer, Writing Program & former Coordinator, Writing Across the Curriculum, University of California, Santa Cruz. Fellow, Central California Writing Project.
I have an M.A. in English Literature and a Ph.D. in Education from University of California, Berkeley. For nineteen years I taught in the Writing Program at University of California, Santa Cruz and coordinated the Writing Across the Curriculum Program, as well as the mentor program for graduate students. At present, I work part-time at UC Santa Cruz, co-teaching a course that prepares graduate students to teach first year writing and doing research on undergraduate writing in the physical and biological sciences. ÊI consult with schools and colleges on writing (and sometimes reading) across the curriculum. ÊLast year I spent a couple of weeks in a secondary school in ÊMtera, Tanzania with Global Volunteers, where I did some demonstration lessons on writing for English and Civics teachers and worked informally with students on conversational English.
Publications include Writing & Learning A Handbook for UCSC Faculty (UCSC, 1992). ÊI have done presentations and workshops at several conferences: College Composition and Communication, NCTE, and California Writing Project.
I live about 6 blocks from the Pacific Ocean and enjoy walking along the cliff. I also draw and paint, and enjoy doing improv. I've recently become interested in Buddhism and Buddhist psychology.
Faculty Professional Growth
This Dialogue Day has been submitted for pre-approval of Faculty Professional Growth non-academic advancement.
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