Theories and Methods of Writing Center Studies: A Practical Guide

ISBN-13: 9780367188498 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 230 str.

Jo Mackiewicz; Rebecca Babcock

Opis

This collection helps students and researchers understand the foundations of writing center studies in order to make sound decisions about the types of methods and theoretical lenses that will help them formulate and answer their research questions.

Spis treści

1. Introduction to the Collection  Part 1:Theories  2. Vygotskyan Learning Theory  3. Genre Theory: A Research Approach for Understanding Learning, Agency, and Materiality in the Writing Center  4. Writing Center Research and Critical Race Theory  5. Category Is… Queer Theory, Queering Research and Queerer Centers  6. Bringing Feminist Theory Home  7. Transfer Theory: A Guide to Transfer-focused Writing Center Research  8.Writing Center Research and Disability Theory 9. Activity Theory  10. Second Language Acquisition Theories and Writing Center Research  Part 2: Methods  11. Grounded Theory: Explanations and Possibilities 12. Ethnography—More or Less  13. Histories, Historiographies, and Historical Research in the Writing Center  14. The Potential of Writing Center Case Study Research Design as Public Scholarship  Chapter 15. Extending Our Research: Meta-Analysis in the Writing Center  16. Rhetorical Analysis: Choices in Exploring and Connecting Our Writing Center Studies and Stories  17. Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis, and Conversation Analysis  18. Corpus Approaches to Writing Center Research  19. Survey Methods for Research and Assessment in Writing Centers  20. Mixed Methods Research in Writing Centers  21. Conclusion