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Of time and the student: improving students’ time management skills

Of time and the student: improving students’ time management skills

by Shirley Kahlert | Mar 19, 2022 | Uncategorized

Student success in writing classes often depends on students’ time managment skills. When students fail to turn work in, teachers often feel helpless and frustrated because they are unable to explain or justify this self-destructive behavior.  I think it’s...
Approaching equity in the writing classroom

Approaching equity in the writing classroom

by Shirley Kahlert | Mar 10, 2022 | Uncategorized

In my mind, it’s never a bad idea to return to Freire’s ideas of liberatory pedagogy: The oppressed suffer from the duality which has established itself in their innermost being. They discover that without freedom they cannot exist authentically. Yet,...
Why do we need to change the way we teach writing?

Why do we need to change the way we teach writing?

by Shirley Kahlert | Feb 4, 2022 | Uncategorized

Insanity, the cliché goes, is doing the same thing over and expecting different results. A quick survey of recently published college writing texts shows that little has changed in the approach of the profession: writing instructors demand a clear, well-organized,...
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