http://usapetal.net/wpmu/petal/2007/08/24/on-the-concept-of-writerly-teaching/ A blog for the Program for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning at USA Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:27:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://usapetal.net/wpmu/petal/2007/08/24/on-the-concept-of-writerly-teaching/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Joel R. Brouwer Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:53:29 +0000 http://usapetal.net/wpmu/petal/2007/08/24/on-the-concept-of-writerly-teaching/#comment-9 In the realm of pedagogy, you can connect this to the theory behind problem-based learning. A problem is a text. Instructors who practice problem-based learning advocate the use of "fuzzy instructions" in presenting students with problems. When students must decide what the instructions are, they also must come to understand what the problem is -- creating meaning rather than receiving the instructor's meaning. The problem is a writerly text. Unfortunately, my students don't appreciate "fuzzy instructions" very much. Most of them have vast experience at doing very well what they've been very clearly instructed to do. They're very good at decoding readerly texts. In the realm of pedagogy, you can connect this to the theory behind problem-based learning. A problem is a text. Instructors who practice problem-based learning advocate the use of “fuzzy instructions” in presenting students with problems. When students must decide what the instructions are, they also must come to understand what the problem is — creating meaning rather than receiving the instructor’s meaning. The problem is a writerly text.
Unfortunately, my students don’t appreciate “fuzzy instructions” very much. Most of them have vast experience at doing very well what they’ve been very clearly instructed to do. They’re very good at decoding readerly texts.

]]> http://usapetal.net/wpmu/petal/2007/08/24/on-the-concept-of-writerly-teaching/comment-page-1/#comment-2 js Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:44:00 +0000 http://usapetal.net/wpmu/petal/2007/08/24/on-the-concept-of-writerly-teaching/#comment-2 Or the difference between film and theatre. One fills in all the physical details of set, costume, often exposition. Theatre, drama, need only just make the suggestion. The audience must fill in the gaps making it a more "active" experience. Or the difference between film and theatre. One fills in all the physical details of set, costume, often exposition. Theatre, drama, need only just make the suggestion. The audience must fill in the gaps making it a more “active” experience.

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