文档介绍：Monographs in Engineering Education Excellence
University of South Carolina College of Engineering and Information Technology
Gateway Engineering Education Coalition
Edward Ernst, University of South Carolina, Monographs Editor
The Writing Center in Engineering:
An Interdisciplinary Model
Elisabeth M. Alford
University of South Carolina
Number 5, February 2002
Monographs in Engineering Education Excellence
Edward Ernst, University of South Carolina, Monographs Editor
The Writing Center in Engineering: An Interdisciplinary Model
Elisabeth M. Alford
University of South Carolina
Published by the College of Engineering and Information Technology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. Address editorial correspondence to Edward Ernst, 1A12 Swearingen Engineering Center, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208; (803) 777-9017; ******@.
Contents
Page
Preface
iii
Introduction
1
Writing in the Disciplines and Writing Centers: Theory, Pedagogy, and Partnerships
7
Planning an Engineering Writing Center: Motives and Methods
11
Integrating munications Center into the Structure of the Institution
25
Mission and Philosophy
25
31
Organizations Location and Accountability
Funding and Staffing the Engineering Writing Center
37
Funding the Center
37
38
42
43
Employing and Working with a Director
Recruiting Staff Consultants
Professional Development of English TAs in the Engineering Environment
munications Instruction and Consultation to the Engineering Curriculum
49
Writing Center Consultation
50
54
58
60
61
Consulting with Faculty
Classroom Instruction munications Topics
Assessment of munications and Program Effectiveness
Workshops for Faculty, Graduate Students, and TA’s
Communications and Inquiry-based Education
73
Works Cited
79
Appendixes
A
ECE Proposal to the University Writing Center
83
B
Proposal to the Gateway Coalition
87
C
Outline – Faculty Interviews
91
D
Papers and Pre