TABLE OF CONTENTS
Basic Writing Program philosophy
Writing Centers are uniquely situated to begin offering more complicated representations of students; representations that change the way we talk about students--not as incomplete or underdeveloped individuals "who need our help" but as complicated people with history, class, and culture. Rather than being places where errors are fixed and differences are erased or where students fund refuge and support, writing centers can be places where students learn to negotiate and understand the contact and conflicts of differences. Rather than helping the Other become more like us, the work of the writing center might instead include developing the ability to see ourselves as the Other, to recognize the limits of our worldviews, and our cultural assumptions and to regard our discursive practices from the perspectives of those outside of the mainstream discourse. (Nancy Grimm, Good Intentions: Writing Center Work for Postmodern Times, 14).
1. introduction
writing is a process
writing is a recursive process
summary
putting the process to work in the writing center
some final words
2. praxis: tutoring one-on-one
overview
on expertise
tips for the first tutorial session
the tutoring cycle
3. additional guidelines: tutoring one-on-one
ten principles for tutors
ten principles for cybertutors
the "rule-bending" principle
tips for successful writing center tutorials
tips for working with ESL students
tips for working with students with learning disabilities
4. praxis: group tutoring
5. praxis: the cybertutor and the OWL
6. tutor training: an ongoing process
7. a brief history of the writing center
8. writing center "nuts and bolts"