WAC/WID History & Theory

Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum, by Art Young 2011 (pdf): Excerpts from Young’s book on WAC practice, especially writing-to-learn strategies for the classroom (uploaded by Jonathan Hall).
Toward a Unified Writing Curriculum Integrating WAC WID with Freshman Composition by Jonathan Hall 2006 (pdf): This article proposes a possible curricular model for pedagogical integration of writing across the curriculum and freshman composition (uploaded by Jonathan Hall).
Writing and the Disciplines, by Jonathan Monroe 2003 (pdf): This article looks at the role of writing in the disciplines and how to make it more effective (uploaded by Jonathan Hall).
Writing Across the Curriculum in a Time of Change, by Susan McLeod and Eric Miraglia 2001(pdf): The introductory chapter to the essay collection, WAC for the New Millennium: Strategies for Continuing Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Programs (uploaded by Jonathan Hall).
Defining WAC: Writing to Learn and Learning to Write, by Susan McLeod 1992 (pdf): On what defines a writing across the curriculum program and the application of writing-to-learn assignments. Excerpted from Susan McLeod’s Writing Across the Curriculum: An Introduction (uploaded by Jonathan Hall).
WAC in Historical Perspective:Toward a Social Interpretation, by David R. Russell 1990 (pdf): (uploaded by Zhanna Kushmakova).
Why We Teach Writing in the First Place by Toby Fulwiler 1983 (pdf): (uploaded by Zhanna Kushmakova).

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