Dear Michelle Navarre Cleary, Karen Uehling, Linda Brender, Sonia Feder-Lewis and Tom Peele,
Thank you for agreeing to serve as consultant-writers for The Bedford Bibliography for Teachers of Adult Writers. We would like to provide you with the list of 4 or possibly 5 chapters we are planning so you can search for sources that would fit into these five categories.
We would like to receive your list of 20 to 30 proposed sources (books, journal articles and web sites) by October 1st. We will review all proposed entries and determine the lis of entries that will ultimately appear in the book. Between October 11th and October 16th, we will send you a list of 8 to 15 titles (depending on how many you decide you want to write) that you will write abstracts for.
We look forward to collaborating you on this project.
Warmly, Barbara and Kimme
Preliminary Table of Contents
I. Introduction: Rationale and Overview by Kimme Nuckles
This essay will present a rationale for an annotated bibliography
on teaching adult writers in pre-college programs, colleges and universities.
We will describe and comment on this paradox:
The professional fields of composition and rhetoric and adult education share common concerns and ideological orientations: both fields aim to increase access to education for adults. Yet, very little communication and cross-pollination exists between adult education and composition & rhetoric.
II. Essay: Adult Undergraduate Writers in U.S. Colleges by Barbara Gleason
This essay will describe the rising adult enrollments in
U.S. colleges and universities during the second half
of the 20th century, adult degree programs, adult oriented
colleges. After establishing the strong presence of returning
adult undergraduates in U.S. higher education, we will
outline the motivations, rewards, and challenges faced by
adult undergraduate writers and their writing teachers.
Our aim is to present an annotated bibliography of published essays and books that can be useful to professionals in composition & rhetoric and in adult education. By focusing on "teaching writing to adults," we plan to facilitate a conversation among adult educators and composition instructors. We will extend an invitation to all readers to subscribe to our already existing listserv: Teaching Writing to Adults. We will also provide information about web sites, wickis and listservs in both adult education and composition & rhetoric.
Five Sections
I. Adult Learning and Development
These essays and books address topics in adult learning and development that will be use to college writing instructors.
Andragogy
Experiential Learning
Transformational Learning
Self-Directed Learning
Lifespan Theory of Adult Development
Adult Learners' Cognitive Abilities
II. Writing Courses and Writing Curricula
These essays offer description and analysis of writing courses and writing curricula designed for adult undergraduate students or mixed age classes.
Basic Writing
College Composition
Advanced College Writing
Creative Writing
Writing In the Disciplines
Learning Communities
Service Learning
Prior Learning Assessment
III. Instructional Approaches
These essays and books offer approaches to teaching adult writers that are informed by theory and research on adult learners.
IV. Diverse Contexts for Teaching Adult Writers in College
These essays will describe adult-oriented writing classes in different types of institutions and programs.
Writing Centers, Adult Oriented Colleges and Degree Programs, Career Colleges, College Writing Courses Offered in Prisons, Workplace Writing Courses, Writing Intensive Courses
V. Possible fifth section (which ultimately might be included in Section IV)
Digital/Online Teaching & Learning Forums for Adult Writing Students
Addendum
A list of url's for adult degree program web sites will be appended.
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