CCCs – Issues 1, 2, & 3 : Reflections

CCCs – Issues 1, 2, & 3 Reflections In the initial issue of CCCs a survey was conducted on Freshmen composition (note the emphasis on that demographic).  Some major trends in the survey included:  student composition publication (writing narrative and expository “themes” and publishing via mimeograph, student papers, etc. which were then used as points of discussion in class) oftentimes housed in “Communication Skills” and English... Read More

CCR601 – FP – 3rd Gen – Harris

Harris, Joseph. “From the Editor: The Work of Others.” CCC 45 (1994): 439–41. This piece is a meditation on the new editor of CCCs in 1994 on the ethics involved with citation of student work and other forms of writing.  There is an explicit directive in this piece that instructors must “get written permission from any student whose work you wish to include in an article for CCC” (440).  In other words, this is the first time that a directive... Read More

CCR601 – CCC 2/2009

Rumsey, Suzanne K. “Heritage Literacy: Adoption, Adaptation, and Alienation of Multimodal Literacy Tools.” CCC 60.3 (2009): 573-86. Print. In this article the author discusses “heritage literacy.”  Rumsey defines this term as, “an explanation of how people transfer literacy knowledge from generation to generation and how certain practices, tools, and concepts are adapted, adopted, or alienated from use, depending on the context.... Read More