Mutual Growing: How Student Experience can Shape Writing Centers
Author(s) -
Katrin Girgensohn
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of academic writing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2225-8973
DOI - 10.18552/joaw.v2i1.68
Subject(s) - writing center , center (category theory) , autonomy , pedagogy , sociology , work (physics) , professional writing , academic writing , psychology , political science , engineering , crystallography , law , mechanical engineering , chemistry
This article claims that working with peer tutors in a writing center can be very valuable for the center’s development, if the director and tutors work together according to crucial principles in writing center pedagogy. Based on the example of the writing center at European University Viadrina, this article shows how the ideas of autonomy and collaboration for both writing support and writing center leadership led to the writing center’s growth.
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