Embracing Writing

Faculty in every discipline are increasingly pressured toinclude major writing components as part of their courses.Unfortunately, as author and English professor Gary R. Haferexplains, college and university educators often have littletraining in the use of writing in the classroom. EmbracingWriting elucidates the principles of academic writing and showsinstructors how to integrate writing with course content, blendingthem to enhance and deepen the higher education learningprocess.

Scholarly writing is a central part of the academic experienceand, when used effectively, can be an outstanding pedagogical tool.The creative approach in Embracing Writing will have youlooking at writing in a whole new way. Not only will your studentsappreciate the honest, nurturing, and fun writingassignments, but your own writing will improve as well. This is nota rulebook for writers, but a guided approach to viewing writingand content as one indivisible whole. Embracing Writing willhelp you:

• Engage students in writing assignments that actually help themdevelop their writing ability
• Understand what makes good collegiate writing and how it canaid in content discovery
• Discover new pathways for your own writing so writing forpublication and the classroom is enjoyable again
• Develop a writing pedagogy that doesn't detract from corecourse content delivery

There often is a disconnect between administrative demands forin-course writing and the inadequate training resources availableto faculty members. Because most of us aren't trained as writers, we need a meaningful way to connect writing to our areas ofexpertise. Embracing Writing provides that connection.