Author: Wendy Bishop Publisher: ISBN: Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 262
Book Description
After a brief review of the history of college writing instruction, this book examines the undergraduate creative writing workshop. The book attempts to reweave the currently separate strands of college-level creative writing instruction and composition instruction in the belief that developments in these perhaps artificially separated areas can and should enrich each other. In design, the book should serve the students in the creative writing workshops to the extent that it asks their teachers to consider new ways of approaching their academic subject. Chapters in the book include: (1) "Writers in Motion"; (2) "Writers and Researchers on Writing"; (3) "Options in Design"; (4) "Generating Writing"; (5) "Ten Inventions and Variations": (6) "Collaborative Composing and Imitations"; (7) "Responding and Revising"; and (8) "Evaluating and Responding." (A 125-item annotated bibliography and response protocol sheets designed to help students complete creative writing critique sessions are attached.) (RS)
Author: Wendy Bishop Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books ISBN: 9780966323313 Category : Creative writing Languages : en Pages : 0
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By examining previously unconnected writing workshop approaches used in creative writing and in composition classrooms, Bishop shows how the traditional undergraduate creative writing workshop can be enriched.
Author: Jo Wood Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 0203166175 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 335
Book Description
The Java programming language has been one of the most exciting internet-friendly technologies to emerge in the last decade. Java Programming for Spatial Sciences introduces the subject to those who wish to use computers to handle information with a geographical element. The book introduces object-oriented modeling including key concepts suc
Author: Christopher Alexander Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190050357 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages :
Book Description
You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to work with your neighbors to improve your town and neighborhood; you can use it to design an office, or a workshop, or a public building. And you can use it to guide you in the actual process of construction. After a ten-year silence, Christopher Alexander and his colleagues at the Center for Environmental Structure are now publishing a major statement in the form of three books which will, in their words, "lay the basis for an entirely new approach to architecture, building and planning, which will we hope replace existing ideas and practices entirely." The three books are The Timeless Way of Building, The Oregon Experiment, and this book, A Pattern Language. At the core of these books is the idea that people should design for themselves their own houses, streets, and communities. This idea may be radical (it implies a radical transformation of the architectural profession) but it comes simply from the observation that most of the wonderful places of the world were not made by architects but by the people. At the core of the books, too, is the point that in designing their environments people always rely on certain "languages," which, like the languages we speak, allow them to articulate and communicate an infinite variety of designs within a forma system which gives them coherence. This book provides a language of this kind. It will enable a person to make a design for almost any kind of building, or any part of the built environment. "Patterns," the units of this language, are answers to design problems (How high should a window sill be? How many stories should a building have? How much space in a neighborhood should be devoted to grass and trees?). More than 250 of the patterns in this pattern language are given: each consists of a problem statement, a discussion of the problem with an illustration, and a solution. As the authors say in their introduction, many of the patterns are archetypal, so deeply rooted in the nature of things that it seemly likely that they will be a part of human nature, and human action, as much in five hundred years as they are today.
Author: Stephanie Vanderslice Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1350276510 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 104
Book Description
The only textbook of its kind, this all-in-one introduction guides you through the history, theories and practices of creative writing you need to know to teach this ever-expanding and infinitely rewarding subject successfully in higher education. Asking you to think reflectively about the discipline throughout, this book offers a bridge between teaching and learning of the subject to help you develop effective and informed methods that will enliven your classroom and help you discover the best practice for you. Based on the author's two decades of teaching and research in creative writing theory and pedagogy, and on feedback from a range of instructors in the field, Stephanie Vanderslice brings forward this essential companion for students and teachers engaging with the study and instruction of creative writing. Written in Vanderslice's trademark cogent, conversational style, Teaching Creative Writing gives you the tools to understand creative writing as a subject and a practice and offers you a ready-to-use blueprint for planning your first creative writing classes. It covers such critical topics as: - How research into the development of the creative writer might influence your classroom environment - The need to free students from damaging myths and pervasive lore - The use of revision and editing - Creating inclusive classroom spaces and workshops - The place of genre in creative writing - Teaching students to work multi-modally - How to assess and grade work - Introducing students to the literary community - Teaching creative writing online Building on what it means to teach creative writing in the 21st century, this book leads you through creating your own syllabi, course plans, and statements of teaching philosophies, features capsule interviews with experts on key topics, and includes an online companion resource which features teacher guides to using the book.
Author: Craig Alan Volker Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company ISBN: 9027269580 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 317
Book Description
The cultural diversity of the Asia-Pacific region is reflected in a multitude of linguistic ecologies of languages of lesser power, i.e., of indigenous and immigrant languages whose speakers lack collective linguistic power, especially in education. This volume looks at a representative sampling of such communities. Some receive strong government support, while others receive none. For some indigenous languages, the same government schools that once tried to stamp out indigenous languages are now the vehicles of language revival. As the various chapters in this book show, some parents strongly support the use of languages other than the national language in education, while others are actively against it, and perhaps a majority have ambivalent feelings. The overall meta-theme that emerges from the collection is the need to view the teaching and learning of these languages in relation to the different needs of the speakers within a sociolinguistics of mobility.
Author: Ryan Thorpe Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000467406 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 271
Book Description
This timely and accessible book offers engaging guidance to teachers of second language students on teaching creative writing in their classrooms. Creative writing is a tool that can inspire second language learners to write more, play with language, and enjoy and improve not only their writing, but also their speaking, listening, and reading skills. Addressing the expectations and perceptions of writing in another language, Thorpe demonstrates how to foster successful creative writing environments and teach and assess creative writing in a way that is tailored to the distinct needs of non-native speakers. Covering key topics such as cultural storytelling, voice, genre, and digital composition, assessment, and more, Thorpe shares successful creative writing instructional practices informed by current research in creative writing and second language education. Each chapter includes insights, advice, and student examples that can help new teachers take their first steps in more reflective second language creative writing classroom. An invaluable resource for instructors of non-native students and an ideal text for pre-service teachers in courses in TESOL, writing instruction, and applied linguistics, this book invites you to use creative writing not only as a successful method for teaching L2 writing, but also as a way to improve student motivation and output, for more effective language learning.
Author: Pooja Sharma Publisher: BPB Publications ISBN: 9386551276 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 303
Book Description
An interactive way to introduce the world of Python Programming KEY FEATURES Detailed comparisons and differentiation of python language from other most popular languages C/C++/Java. Authentic and extensive set of programming illustrations in every chapter of the book. Broad study on all the programming constructs of the python programming language such as native data types, looping, decision making, exception handling, file handling etc. Broad study of Python Object Oriented Programming features with illustrations. Numerous review questions and exercises at the end of every chapter. DESCRIPTION This Book is meant for wide range of readers who wish to learn the basics of Python programming language. It can be helpful for students, programmers, researchers, and software developers. The basic concepts of python programming are dealt in detail. The various concepts of python language such as object-oriented features, operators, native data types, control structures, functions, exception handling, file handling, etc are discussed in detail with the authentic programming illustration of each. presently, python programming is a hot topic among academicianÕs researchers, and program developers. As a result, the book is designed to give an in-depth knowledge of programming in python. This book can be used as handbook as well as a guide for students of all computer science stream at any grade beginning from 10+1 to Research in PhD. To conclude, we hope that the readers will find this book a helpful guide and valuable source of information about python programming. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN Python Data Types, Input Output Operators and Expressions Control Structures Python Functions, Modules Exception Handling File Management, Classes and Objects Inheritance, Python Operator Overloading Ê WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR Students, Programmers, researchers, and software developers who wish to learn the basics of Python programming language. Ê Table of Contents 1. Introduction to Python Language 2. Python Data Types and Input Output 3. Operators and Expressions 4. Control Structures 5. Python Native Data Types 6. Python Functions 7. Python Modules 8. Exception Handling 9. File Management in Python 10. Classes and Objects 11. Inheritance 12. Python Operator Overloading
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