Discord and direction : : the postmodern writing program administrator / / edited by Sharon James McGee, Carolyn Handa.

The argument of this collection is that the cultural and intellectual legacies of postmodernism impinge, significantly and daily, on the practice of the Writing Program Administrator. WPAs work in spaces where they must assume responsibility for a multifaceted program, a diverse curriculum, instruct...

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Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (233 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Postmodernity and Writing Programs; 1 Where Discord Meets Direction: The Role of Consultant Evaluation in Writing Program Administration; 2 Cold Pastoral: The Moral Order of an Idealized Form; 3 Beyond Accommodation: Individual and Collective in a Large Writing Program; 4 Overcoming Disappointment: Constructing Writing Program Identity through Postmodern Mapping; 5 The Road to Mainstreaming: One Person's Successful but Cautionary Tale; 6 Developmental Administration: A Pragmatic Theory of Evolution in Basic Writing
  • 7 Information Technology as Other: Reflections on a Useful Problem8 Computers, Innovation, and Resistance in First-Year Composition Programs; 9 Minimum Qualifications: Who Should Teach First-Year Writing?; 10 The Place of Assessment and Reflection in Writing Program Administration; 11 New Designs for Communication across the Curriculum; 12 Mirror, Mirror on the Web: Visual Depiction, Identity, and the Writing Program; Notes; References; Contributors; Index