Tutoring Writing: A Practical Guide for Conferences

Name: Great book for training tutors and honing conferencing skills
Item: Tutoring Writing: A Practical Guide for Conferences
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by Donald A. McAndrew

When Don McAndrew and Tom Reigstad wrote Training Tutors for Writing Conferences, they provided such unique insight into the principles and practices of tutoring that the book was awarded "Best Publication" by the National Writing Centers Association. Now, more than a decade later, the authors have expanded and updated their classic monograph to make it even more useful and reflect new developments in research and theory.

No other book is quite so comprehensive. In addition to providing a thorough review of theory and research, Tutoring Writing offers a rich toolbox of tutoring tips, including: practical guidelines for tutoring writers who are at various stages of the composing process--including predraft concrete advice on how to tutor writers in specific settings suggestions on how to tutor writers who present special challenges and represent diverse populations time-tested tutoring models that have been developed by world-renowned educators recommendations for conducting tutorials electronically--including online, fax, and phone a syllabus for using the book to teach a writing tutor training course. Tutoring Writing will appeal to anyone who uses writing as a tool for learning, especially in tutor-training courses, undergraduate and graduate level writing courses, and teaching-assistant preparation courses.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0867095180

ISBN13:9780867095180

Release Date:September 2001

Publisher:Heinemann Educational Books

Length:168 Pages

Weight:0.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Grade Range:Postsecondary

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Great book for training tutors and honing conferencing skills

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago

I've used this book to train tutors, and it is one of the better books out there for the purpose. Not only is it easy to read and understand (in other words, it is accessible even to undergraduate tutors), but it also supplies a wealth of research, theory, and history of the best tutoring writing practices. My favorite chapter is near the end of the book where the authors provide short sections highlighting tutorial advice from masters like Muriel Harris, Peter Elbow, Donald Murray, and Nancy Atwell. What the previous reviewer may not have understood is that the authors were merely reporting the impact of feminist theory and research on the field of tutoring writing. Any intense reading of composition academic journals would show that, yes, feminist theory has had an incredible impact on the evolving understanding of best practices in the teaching of writing, in general, and in tutoring writing, specifically. As in everything, a field of study develops from a conversation. The feminist contribution to that conversation in composition studies has been a rich one. The authors would have been remiss to leave it out of their overview of tutoring writing. Great book overall. I highly recommend it.

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