Hello Gerd,
I was very interested to read your introduction and will be doing one of my
own for the list very shortly.
I work at Bournemouth University, England, as a Lecturer in Student Support
and Information Skills with Post-Qualifying Social Workers - that is on
continuing professional development courses aimed at bringing diploma-level
social workers up to undergraduate degree level, mostly working at a
distance.
In my previous life I was a librarian so the Information Skills area of my
work has been relatively easy - transferring information literacy into a
professional social work arena. The other part, Student Support, has begun
to focus on writing skills and pedagogies. I was not surprised at the lack
of students' academic writing skills but have found it a challenge to deal
with certain aspects of this - the distance issue, the combination of
reflective writing with academic style, and the transfer into a professional
arena, e.g. crtitical analysis skills within protfolio and case study work
rather than essay writing.
Do you encounter any of these issues or are you dealing more traditional
students and courses? I would be interested in exchanging ideas and views. I
have recently started an MA in Academic Prcatice (Teaching and Learning) and
may devote my dissertation to this area of study.
I would be very interested in your document regarding the Writing Centre
which seems a very innovative project. I did have trouble dowloading it so
would appreciate a copy via e-mail if at all possible. Thank you.
best regards, Lynne
Lynne Rutter
Student Support Lecturer
> Post Qualifying Social Work (PQSW)
> Bournemouth University
> Heron House, 4th Floor
> 8-10 Christchurch Road
> Bournemouth
> BH1 3NN
Tel: 01202 464760
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerd Braeuer [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 27 September 2003 11:51
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: new member of your list
>
> Dear list members of LDHEN,
>
> I would like to use the opportunity of my new membership to this list to
> introduce myself to you.
>
> Since the early 90's I have been interested in writing pedagogy in general
> and in the work of writing centers in specific. Between 92 and 94 I had a
> post-doc scholarship from the Germany-based DFG to get an extensive
> overview about US writing pedagogy.
>
> Even though I was very eager to put into practice in German higher
> education what I found in American writing pedagogy, I was not able to
> find the right job for that in my home country. I finally decided to
> accept a position at Emory University in Atlanta where I have been
> teaching since 1995 in the field of German Studies (but always with an
> emphasis on things writing).
>
> Nevertheless, since 95 I have been involved heavily in teacher training
> and further education in the German-speaking countries. In 2001-03, a DAAD
> project brought me to the University of Education in Freiburg, Germany,
> where I started a writing center, which is the first one of its kind in
> teacher education in the German-speaking countries. The primary goal of
> this writing center is to train future students not only for tutoring
> writing but also in a broader sense in writing pedagogy. It is my hope
> that these students will start their own writing centers at whatever
> school they maybe teaching in the future.
>
> If you want to find out more about the writing center, please check
> www.ph-freiburg.de/schreibzentrum. Under "Was wir wollen" you can find a
> link "Gesamtkonzept" to a concept paper in English, that describes the
> setup of the writing center in more details. If you have trouble
> downloading this rather big file, please let me know and I can send you
> the pdf as an email attachment. May I please also invite you to use our
> online writing support in case you or your students work on papers in
> German. Of course, English would always work as the language of
> communication with my writing tutors.
>
> I have contacted this listserv because I am interested in sharing
> expertise about peer tutoring, the training of writing tutors, and the use
> of portfolios and other forms of reflective practice.
>
> I look forward to collaborating with you.
>
> Best regards,
> Gerd Braeuer
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