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Title Writing centers and learning commons : staying centered while sharing common ground / edited by Steven J. Corbett, Teagan E. Decker, and Maria L. Soriano Young
Published Logan : Utah State University Press, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 204 pages) : color illustrations
Contents Introduction : the politics and pedagogy of sharing common ground / Steven J. Corbett, Teagan E. Decker, and Maria Soriano Young, with contributions from Hillory Oakes, Elizabeth Busekrus, Alexis Hart, Robyn Rohde, Cassandra Book, Virginia Crank, Celeste Del Russo, Alice Batt, and Michele Ostrow -- The spatial landscape of the learning commons : a political shift to the (writing) center / Elizabeth Busekrus, Alexis Hart, and Robyn Rohde -- Questioning the "streamlining" narrative : writing centers' role in new learning commons / Cassandra Book -- On shopping malls and farmers' markets : an argument for writing center spaces in the university and the community / Helen Raica-Klotz and Christopher Giroux -- Scientific writing as multiliteracy : a study of disciplinarity limitations in writing centers and learning commons / Robby Nadler, Kristen Miller, and Charles A. Braman -- Trade-offs, not takeovers : a learning center/writing center collaboration for tutor training / Virginia Crank -- New paradigms in shared space : 2015 Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association Conference keynote address and postscript / Nathalie Singh-Corcoran -- Integrating writing and research centers : student, writing tutor, and research consultant perspectives / David Stock and Suzanne Julian -- "Experts among us" : exploring the recursive space of research and writing collaborations through tutor training / Celeste Del Russo -- The tales we tell : applying peripheral vision to build a successful learning commons partnership / Alice Batt and Michele Ostrow -- Breaking the silos / Patricia Egbert -- Sharing "common" ground within a success center : welcomed changes, uncomfortable changes, and promising compromises / Kathleen Richards -- Conclusion : toward sharing the common ground of student success / Maria Soriano Young, Teagan E. Decker, and Steven J. Corbett
Summary "Writing Centers and Learning Commons presents program administrators, directors, staff, and tutors with a resource of theoretical rationales, experiential journeys, and go-to practical designs and strategies for the many questions involved when writing centers find themselves operating in shared environments"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 09, 2023)
Subject Writing centers -- Administration
Writing centers -- Design
Information commons -- Administration
Information commons -- Design
Interdisciplinary approach in education.
Tutors and tutoring -- Training of
Interdisciplinary approach in education.
Tutors and tutoring -- Training of.
Writing centers -- Administration.
Form Electronic book
Author Corbett, Steven J., 1970- editor.
Decker, Teagan Elizabeth, editor.
Soriano Young, Maria, editor.
LC no. 2022060360
ISBN 9781646423545
1646423542