2019 Annual Conference

Colleges and Universities

Concurrent Session (45 minutes)

The diversity of students entering our adult education classrooms creates multiple starting points for both teaching and assessing writing skills. Illuminating the conference theme of human rights and economic empowerment, the presenters with backgrounds in ESL, English composition, and business writing discuss what is taught and where it is leading. 

This session is directed at postsecondary faculty, advisors, curriculum developers, and students interested in teaching and assessment of writing in higher education.  

Participants will examine challenges inherent in teaching and assessing the writing by a diverse student population in higher education.
Participants will compare what is expected in higher education and what is required in the workplace and life space.
Based on Pratt's Perspectives of Teaching, participants will discover how instructor values impact teaching and assessment of student writing.

Three faculty members from the adult education program at East Carolina University share how their backgrounds have impacted their teaching and assessment of student writing in higher education settings. This English instructor, former ESL teacher, and former business writer demonstrate how actions, intentions, and beliefs arise in their classrooms and how these correspond to Pratt and Associates' Five Teaching Perspectives. This collaborative session will involve attendees in examining their teaching ideology and its application specific to writing instruction and assessment. Students, advisors, and administrators will have ample opportunity to share thoughts and experiences regarding writing, teaching, and assessment.

A panel of three presenters will share their experience and perceptions of the state of student writing including current research in their areas of practice. A group discussion will capture the attendee’s experiences and lead to the collaborative development of implications for research and practice.