1st Edition

A Writing Center Practitioner's Inquiry into Collaboration Pedagogy, Practice, And Research

By Georganne Nordstrom Copyright 2021
140 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

140 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

140 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book presents a model of Practitioner Inquiry (PI) as a systematic form of empirical research and provides a rationale for its suitability within a writing center context. Exploring the potential of writing centers as pedagogical sites that support research, the book offers an accessible model that guides both research and practice for writing center practitioners, while offering flexibility... Read more

Introduction: Practitioner Inquiry and Empirical Research in the Writing Center 1

1 What Indigenous Practices Can Teach Us about Collaboration 25

2 Practitioner Inquiry: A Model for Research and Practice in the Writing Center 55

3 A Practitioner’s Inquiry into Tutor Professionalization vis-à-vis Collaboration 75

4 Translingual Practices vs. Academic Discourse: Writing Center Consultants Weigh in on Supporting Writers’ Multiliteracy Repertoires 98

Epilogue: A Practitioner’s Final Thoughts 119

Biography

Georganne Nordstrom is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the English Department at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her research and teaching focus on writing center studies, critical place-based pedagogy, and Indigenous and minority rhetorics. A 2018-19 Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Nordstrom is also the recipient of the 2012 Richard Braddock Award and is Vice President of the International Writing Center Organization.