Teaching English in the Two-Year College - Teaching as Scholarship, Sept 2004

Many two-year English faculty are already engaged in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

It could very well be that the unexpected minor occurrences in a classroom are the most precious educational pearls for a teacher to record and preserve.

This article describes the initiatives of one community college district and its individual colleges to engage faculty in the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Four members of a community college English faculty respond to the question of the appropriateness of advanced graduate training for a community college teaching career

Composition has had a strong commitment to the scholarship of application.

The Community College Education program at George Mason University is committed to Ernest Boyer’s philosophy of integration; it encourages better pedagogy and it revitalizes the two-year college classroom.

The author offers basic suggestions for faculty to become active teacher-scholars within the two-year college professional community.

A Maryland college supports scholarship that helps faculty maintain currency in their disciplines and explore effective pedagogy.

What occurs when we address writing outcomes from the perspective of the student and the student’s world?

Community college students, especially those classified as nontraditional, often have a vested interest in their own communities, and instructors can both strengthen and take advantage of this interest by reaching out to the community through the composition curriculum.¹