History+of+Teaching+Writing

** Processing "A Century of Writing Instruction in School and College English" **
The following wiki pages feature our timelines of relevant periods of writing instruction over the past century as presented in Hobbs & Berlin (2001) in "A Century of Writing Instruction in School and College English." The latter timelines look forward with regard to teaching writing. The timelines include relevant events informing and affecting writing instruction within the various time frames. Collectively, the timelines not only demonstrate evolution of writing instruction, but they also reveal the competing viewpoints about how writing should be taught, as well as the influence of various sociocultural, historical, and political events on writing instruction over time.

As we discussed in class, there are also a variety of tools for creating digital timelines (see Technology Resources section). You might consider using one of those for your Life Map activity. Here, your timelines have been digitized using a digital camera.

Below the timeline links, there are 2 embedded videos that help to highlight how the nature of composition has dramatically changed and will continue to change going forward into this century.

Pre-1900 - Context for A New Century //- Scott//

1900-1917 - English Becomes A Discipline - //Jenn//

1917-1945 - The Period Between the Wars - //Tanesha//

1945-1960 - Composition and Rhetoric - //Lakeisha & Willis//

1960-1975 - Studies, Processes, Theories - //Hannah//

1975-1985 - From Literacy in Crisis to Teacher Initiatives - //Jamye & James and Heather & Blakely//

1985-2000 - Writing Instruction at Century’s End //- Heather & Blakely (and some help from the past:)//

2000-2001 and Counting - Composition In A New Century - //Kelly & Anna//

2011 Update and Reference Points - //Teresa//

** Videos **
1. Rethinking Education

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2. The Machine is Us(ing) Us

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