Center for Instructional Innovation and Assessment - Western Washington University's Teaching and Learning Center
Instrumental Writing
Kathleen Saunders
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1. The Oldest Profession
Running time: 4 minutes, 16 seconds
Kathleen Saunders bases her pedagogy on the belief that teaching is not only the oldest profession in human society, but that it represents a cultural tradition of distributing knowledge and experience to the younger generation.
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2. Large Lecture Writing
Running time: 4 minutes, 20 seconds
In order to ease the transition in coursework expectations between general university and upper-division classes, Kathleen Saunders focuses on a personalized evaluation process for students in her large-scale lecture courses.
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3. Writing as Gatekeeper
Running time: 1 minutes, 42 seconds
Kathleen Saunders places emphasis on the cultivation of basic writing skills not only as a means to academic success, but as a "gatekeeper" for crucial social and professional skills.
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4. Community Action Project
Running time: 5 minutes, 7 seconds
Kathleen Saunders utilizes a research project known as the CAP (Community Action Project) to support her pedagogical emphasis on real-life writing applications. Through the CAP. students are connected with a national network of classrooms and assigned to a letter-writing campaign in relation to a topical anthropological ethical issue.
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5. Writing Benefits
Running time: 4 minutes, 34 seconds
By diversifying the content of her syllabus into coursework that emphasizes valuable problem-solving skills and social interaction, Kathleen Saunders is able to enhance and enrich the classroom experience for her students. Dynamic application of assignments also means that she can gauge feedback as it happens, and measure the effectiveness of specific exercises and projects.
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