First Time Up An Insider's Guide for New Composition Teachers

Name: First Time Up An Insider's Guide for New Composition Teachers
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ISBN: 9780874216202

ISBN-10: 0874216206

ISBN-13: 9780874216202

Edition: 2005

Authors: Brock Dethier

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"First time up?"--an insider's friendly question from 1960s counter-culture--perfectly captures the spirit of this book. A short, supportive, practical guide for the first-time college composition instructor, the book is upbeat, wise but friendly, casual but knowledgeable (like the voice that may have introduced you to certain other firsts). With an experiential focus rather than a theoretical one, "First Time Up will be a strong addition to the newcomer's professional library, and a great candidate for the TA practicum reading list. Dethier, author of "The Composition Instructor's Survival Guide and "From Dylan to Donne, directly addresses the common headaches, nightmares, and epiphanies…

Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Publication date: 9/30/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 196
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Brock Dethier has been using music to teach English for twenty years. Currently an assistant professor at Utah State University, he lives with his wife and two children in Cache Valley, Utah. His previous Heinemann book, The Composition Instructor's Survival Guide, has helped writing teachers across the country worry less and enjoy their work more.




Why you've made the right choice



Preparing



Resources



The first day



Grading, attendance, and other pains-in-the-butt



What you should know about theory (for now)



Confident and humble, and other contradictions we live by



Avoiding stress



Nightmares



Outside the classroom



Building your future


The last word



Yes, you may



Motivation through metaphor



Another obnoxious questionnaire



In defense of subjective grading



Teaching academic integrity