A Day of Plausible Dada
Thursday, March 31, 2022
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Session I links:
The Studio Experience Slideshow
Infographic Overview and Workshop Instructions
Session III links:
Designing a Course Inquiry Slideshow
What is “P.D.”? Plausible Dada? A Pajama Day? A Pleasant Digression?
“Professional Development” is a term that secondary education folks cringe when they see. “P.D.” is a loaded phrase, synomous with the idea of outside “experts” who come in to hawk trends that vanish in a year or two.
For our Spring 2022 Conference, we are playing with the much-dreaded notion of “P.D.” as we embark on a play day to refresh our syllabi for the changeover to ENGL 1007 in the fall. We are dedicating the conference to a day of workshops intended to help instructors jumpstart their course inquiries, experience Studio Pedagogy as students, and develop their own Studio activities. Bring your syllabi, your assignments, and your ideas!
Supplementary readings
View these videos about course inquiry and writing moves:
Check out the recent blog posts by Kari Daly and Scott Campbell:
As well as these websites regarding Studio Pedagogy:
- Matthew Pavesich, “The (Design) Studio Approach to Teaching Writing.” [Studio pedagogy briefly described]
- Steph Ceraso and Matthew Pavesich with Designer Jeremy Boggs, “Learning as Coordination: Postpedagogy and Design.” [A more extensive and fascinating article (with photos)]
- UConn FYW page on Studio Pedagogy
- Gabe Morrison on “The Writing Classroom as Studio“
