“Good” writing is linear and rational, it makes sense, and it represents a rational, able mind. One of Price’s arguments is that the university and writing classes are founded on the principles of rationality. As someone who is a proponent and critic of classroom communities, this book forced me to confront the assumptions I had about who was in my classroom. I read Margaret Price’s Mad at School (2011) this summer and had one of those revelations. The new class prep and new TA orientation curriculum combined with my own fun reading has made me particularly reflective about teaching and learning: what I do as a teacher/scholar and why I do it.ġ- Being more inclusive in a variety of ways In many cases, it may be the only pedagogical training the TAs receive (not for lack of resources on campus but more for lack of time and incentive to attend extra co-curricular events hosted outside of departments). Over 600 new-to-OSU TAs from across the disciplines will come to a three day teaching bootcamp. I’m also preparing for the OSU University Center for the Advancement of Teaching new TA orientation next week. This is the first time I’ll get to teach a class outside of a one or two year writing curriculum, so it’s quite a change in some ways. After a year of teaching new (and in some cases, very new hybrid format) courses in our first year and second year writing program, I’ll be teaching another new-to-me class of digital media composing. Fall semester begins at OSU in just two short weeks.
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