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FAQ: What books are used for TA training?
From WPA-L, July 2005, List compiled by Sue McLeod
Top listed books for TA Training (28 responses total; number of responses in parenthesis. NB: many programs use more than one book):
- Duane Roen, Strategies for Teaching First-Year Composition, NCTE (6)
- Irene Clark, Concepts in Composition, Erlbaum (5)
- Cheryl Glenn et al., The St. Martin’s Guide to Teaching Writing , Bedford/St. Martin’s (5)
- Ed Corbett et al., The Writing Teacher’s Sourcebook, Oxford (4)
- Erika Lindemann, A Rhetoric for Writing Teachers, Oxford (4)
- Steven Wilhoit, The Allyn & Bacon Teaching Assistant’s Handbook (3)
- Victor Villanueva, Cross Talk in Comp Theory, NCTE (3)
- Tina Good and Leanne Warshauer, In Our Own Voice: Graduate Students Teach Writing, Longman (2)
- Richard Haswell and Min-Shan Lu, Comp Tales, Longman (2)
- Shirley Morahan and T.R. Johnson, Teaching Composition: Background Readings, Bedford/St. Martin’s (2)
- Ira Shor, Empowering Education, U of Chicago P (2)
- Richard Straub, A Sourcebook for Responding to Student Writing, Hampton (2)
The following each had one response:
- David Bartholomae, Writing On the Margins, Bedford/St Martin’s
- Timothy Barnett, Teaching Argument in the Composition Course: Background Readings, Bedford/St. Martin’s
- John Bean, Engaging Ideas, Jossey-Bass
- Wendy Bishop, Teaching Lives: Essays and Stories, Utah State UP
- Wendy Bishop and Deborah Teague, Finding Our Way, Houghton Mifflin
- Lee Ann Carroll, Rehearsing New Roles, Southern Illinois UP
- Russell Durst, Collision Course, NCTE
- Lisa Ede, On Writing Research: The Braddock Essays, Bedford/St. Martin’s
- Peter Elbow, Writing With Power, Oxford
- Joan Graham et al., Scenarios for Teaching Writing, Boynton/Cook
- Richard Graves, Writing, Teaching, Learning, Boynton/Cook
- Joe Harris, A Teaching Subject, Prentice Hall
- Gail Hawisher and Cynthia Selfe, Passions, Pedagoties, and 21st Century Technologies, Utah State UP
- Robert Leamnson, Thinking about Teaching and Learning, Stylus
- Amy Lee, Composing Critical Pedagogies, NCTE
- Ilona Leki, Understanding ESL Writing, Boynton/Cook
- Cindy Moore and Peggy O’Neill, Practice in Context, NCTE
- Nedra Reynolds, Portfolio Teaching: A Guide for Instructors, Bedford/St. Martin’s
- David Rosenwasser and Jill Stephen, Writing Analytically, Heinle
- Frank Smith, Joining the Literacy Club, Heinemann
- Josephine Tarvers, Teaching in Progress, Longman
- Gary Tate et al., A Guide to Composition Pedagogies, Oxford
- Lad Tobin, Reading Student Writing, Boynton/Cook
- Ed White, Assigning, Responding, Evaluating, Bedford/St. Martin’s
- Anne Wysocki et al., Writing New Media, Utah State UP
One person who responded also trained TAs to teach literature, using:
- Sheridan Blau, The Literature Workshop: Teaching Texts and Their Readers, Boynton/Cook, and
- William Garrett-Petts, Writing about Literature, Broadview
Another person trained TAs to teach technical communication, using:
- Bernadette Longo, Spurious Coin: A History of Science, Management, and Technical Writing, SUNY P
A third trained undergraduate tutors, using:
- Barbara Fine Clouse, A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers: Strategies and Process, McGraw Hill, and
- The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring
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