A Student’s Guide to Academic and Professional Writing in Education

By National Writing Project

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Listen to our interview with the authors of A Students Guide to Academic and Professional Writing in Education, a handbook that helps educators write for the rhetorical situations they will face as students of education. Their book provides clear and helpful advice for responding to the varying contexts, audiences, and purposes that arise in many educational settings.

Guests

Katie Arosteguy, Lecturer in the University Writing Program, UC Davis
Brenda Rinard, Lecturer in the University Writing Program, UC Davis
Alison Bright, Lecturer in the University Writing Program, UC Davis

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