Making Writing Meaningful: A Guide for Higher Education Volume 5 - Paperback

$32.33

Making Writing Meaningful: A Guide for Higher Education Volume 5 - Paperback

Name: Making Writing Meaningful: A Guide for Higher Education Volume 5 - Paperback
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SKU: 9780806195346
Price: 32.33 USD
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by Michele Eodice , Anne Ellen Geller , Neal Lerner

$32.33

Book Overview

It seems obvious: students will have more meaningful writing experiences if we offer more opportunities for their writing to be meaningful for them. But what does that mean? What makes writing meaningful for students? What, really, makes students want to write? The authors of this practical little book asked precisely that, and the answers they gathered from students across disciplines, majors, and institutions over several years inform their advice in Making Writing Meaningful: A Guide for Higher Education.

The critical lessons that Michele Eodice, Anne Ellen Geller, and Neal Lerner took from their survey research, as well as from their own classrooms and workshops, are these: Students want their writing to be consequential, to build on connections with their lives, their world, and their futures, and to foster an inclusive learning experience. The authors delved further into these findings by asking what role identities--whether racial, ethnic, or cultural--played in students' approach to writing and by exploring what students found meaningful in writing during experiences such as disruption, dislocation, and loss; personal, economic, and health challenges; and political, racial, and societal conflict. The resulting guide pairs a wealth of new data with pedagogical strategies and reflective exercises to help instructors of all kinds connect more effectively with their students--and to help students connect their lives and their writing in meaningful and productive ways.

Meaningful writing makes for a richer, more successful learning experience, and this book invites students and teachers alike to take advantage of the guidance offered here to foster connections that will serve students--and the world--well beyond academia.

ISBN	9780806195346
Author	Michele Eodice , Anne Ellen Geller , Neal Lerner
Publisher	University of Oklahoma Press
Genre	Education
Format	Paperback
Published	April 2025
Language	ENG- English
Pages	142
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print