tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82381298577952934272011-04-21T15:56:34.262-07:00Professor Maybehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10457988470855397034noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238129857795293427.post-34173525870883876362008-06-23T17:16:00.001-07:002008-06-23T17:46:57.286-07:00So we are supposed to evoke a question about the day. Seems appropriate considering the quotation about questions and enlightenment that we used as a prompt to begin the day. Well, I can't just do the obvious so I need to synthesize my question from a few sources.<br /><br />Source #1: Harvey's form in the 1st exercise. He used all questions. It was coherent, definitely a great paragraph (or 2), but something I never expected.<br /><br />Source #2: The discussion about using expressions like "I believe..." in our Philosophies of Teaching Writing. It seemed like we dropped into two camps pretty reflexively, the "No-I's" and the "Many-I's." the discussion was mainly about performative knowledge, and we didn't get much deeper than opinions of "how I've done it" into "why do it."<br /><br />Source #3: The obvious contrast between academic theory and rubber meets the road, down and dirty, in the trenches practice. Like I said at introduction, I'm the anomaly, the pre-pre-service teacher. I've had lots of classes; I know some names and some theory. I like theory. I've led a few exercises and I know that participatory presentations are more effective than lectures and PowerPoint slides. I'm going to sponge off everyone else's experience and steal ideas for my future classroom left and right.<br /><br />So here, with much build-up, is my question. Where's the balance between rigid, necessary conventions that must be taught and the freedom that I want to give when students get going? Different angles are interesting, sure, but somethings gotta be a certain way sometimes. For instance, I can use the word "gotta" in my journal, but not in a formal paper. When is best to emphasize conventions/editing/polish? Does it vary depending what sort of product we're making? With the 6 steps handout, it seems like we should have a separate steps for revision and editing, but as we read each others drafts it was hard not to go after it like the next draft was the one for a deadline.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238129857795293427-3417352587088387636?l=isijournalpsu2008.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Professor Maybehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10457988470855397034noreply@blogger.com0