Surface and Depth: Metalanguage and Professional Development in Canadian Writing Studies

Katja Thieme's picture
TitleSurface and Depth: Metalanguage and Professional Development in Canadian Writing Studies
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2019
AuthorsThieme, Katja
JournalDiscourse and Writing/Rédactologie
Volume29
Pagination148 - 158
ISSN2563-7320
Abstract

In the process of mentoring instructors of writing into the field of writing studies, there is a tension between practical surface of writing instruction and underlying theoretical depth. This paper calls for more systematic thinking about that tension between surface and depth. It emphasizes the important roles that metalanguage plays in mediating that tension and points out the indignities of contract employment that in many ways prevent writing instruction in Canada from becoming the deep and thoroughly researched practice it could be.

URLhttps://journals.sfu.ca/dwr/index.php/dwr/article/view/757https://journals.sfu.ca/dwr/index.php/dwr/article/download/757/703https://journals.sfu.ca/dwr/index.php/dwr/article/download/757/703
DOI10.31468/cjsdwr.757
Short TitleDW/R