Michael Macbride: 2 books
Intellectual Creativity in First-Year Composition Classes
Building a Case for the Multigenre Research Project
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
Today’s first year composition classrooms are largely reflective of the writing pedagogy that has been used for the last 200 years. Unfortunately, this methodology does not meet the research or writing needs of today’s college and university students. Burns and MacBride were determined to make...
Tell Me a Story
Using Narratives to Break Down Barriers in Composition Courses
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Stories have great power. This book attempts to harness that power to help students grow and develop as writers. It argues that stories and narratives can be utilized in the composition classroom, specifically first-year composition (FYC) to break down barriers. Throughout a given semester, stories...