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Home » Archives » Fall 2006 (Volume 4 Issue 1) - Beyond the University
From the Editors: Beyond the University Fall 2006 / Columns
Praxis focuses on the community writing center. This issue of Praxis focuses on writing center work at locations outside of colleges and universities, for example, at community gardens and city libraries. It thus explores ways in which universities can and do extend their resources to the larger communities they inhabit. Although Focus contains only two articles, each is an extended discussion of the transformative power of writing center work. Elizabeth Rodacker and Kay Siebler break new ground in their article on the ELL work they do at the community gardens of Lincoln, Nebraska. Richard Kent brings his considerable experience to bear on the development of secondary school writing centers, thereby furthering a discussion begun in Praxis’s Fall 2004 issue. Our Featured Center, Stanford Writing Center, offers a complimentary perspective on writing centers in high schools through its Ravenswood program. Also in this issue, Praxis exploits its own resources at the Undergraduate Writing Center: UWC Assistant Director, Lisa Loch, interviews Tommy Darwin, Director of the Professional Development and Community Engagement Program at UT, and in Consulting, UWC consultant James Jesson reflects on UT’s development of a community writing center at the City of Austin’s Carver Library. In Training Bonnie Devet reveals a method in which consultants go “undercover” to complete their training. In an extremely effective column, The Merciless Grammarian seeks to affect our usage of the words affect and effect. The effect is startling. We are especially proud that so much of the work featured in this issue is pedagogically and pragmatically focused. Whether you are thinking about starting a writing center at your local high school or community garden, you will find good, solid advice in this volume. ‹ Creating Student-Staffed Writing Centers, Grades 6-12
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