Assessing the Teaching of Writing

Assessing the Teaching of WritingAlthough fraught with politics and other perils, teacher evaluation can contribute in important, positive ways to faculty development at both the individual and the departmental levels. Yet the logistics of creating a valid assessment are complicated. Inconsistent methods, rater bias, and overreliance on student evaluation forms have proven problematic. The essays in Assessing the Teaching of Writing demonstrate constructive ways of evaluating teacher

The relationship between the state and the voluntary sector has changed significantly since 1948 when Beveridge’s major report

Particularly striking is Stone's account of "a generous empiricism" and his ethical emphasis on openness—offering a framework in which religious meaning is neither imposed nor discarded

with its inhabitants speaking Dutch

this edition of Lady Audley's Secret is both modern and readable

This incisive text provides a comprehensive tour of both classic and contemporary theories and research on the how and why of human love

earned him the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015

while the relation between them is undeniable

human studies

It gives the reader unparalleled access to the formal nuts and bolts of this massive poem: the rhymes which he used to structure its intricate stanzas

as well as concrete guidance rooted in Black feminist literature and reports on the profession

This study is the first large-scale comparison of policy and divergence in the UK since devolution

Real-life examples and case scenarios help students gain an in-depth understanding of requisite competencies