Teaching Writing
Teaching Writing, Not Just Assigning with Beth Rimer
Summary:
In this interview, composition instructor Beth Rimer describes the ways to build community and give students choices while also helping them learn to make choices. Originally published on August 29, 2020Download | Subscribe: Apple / Android / Spotify
Beth Rimer is an Instructor of Composition at Miami Univeristy in Oxford, OH, and codirector of the Ohio Writing Project. Over the course of this interview, Beth describes the ways to build community and give students choices while also helping them learn to make choices. She also talks about the distinction between teaching writing and assigning writing, a particular challenge in remote and online environments that can focus on “making assignments.”
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