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The Cult of Pedagogy website with suggestions for discussion strategies that might be useful for tutor training classes, by Jennifer Gonzalez. Also available to listen to as a podcast

Publication Information: Harris, Muriel. (2015). Teaching One-to-One: The Writing Conference. WAC Clearinghouse Landmark Publications in Writing Studies: http://wac.colostate.edu/books/harris/. Originally Published in Print, 1986, by National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, Illinois. This groundbreaking book offers advice for teachers new to conferencing, experienced teachers seeking to refine or expand their approaches to conferencing, and tutors working in writing centers. Since it was published in 1986, it has become one of the most widely cited books on conferencing. Harris offers a theoretical framework for conference teaching, descriptions of activities typical of and central to writing conferences, advice on diagnostic strategies for individualized instruction, and instructional strategies. Discussions in the book borrow from a wide range of fields, including counseling and therapy, cognitive science, anthropology, and education. In appendices, she includes a set of teaching materials that can be useful in tutor and teacher training.

discussing strategies for training tutors to better support writers with LDs

discussing strategies beyond orientation, class visits, or letters

a discussion of evaluation strategies for websites

discussing strategies to promote critical thinking

discussing how to help students who need to find a paper topic, and students who want to know if a paper "flows"

a discussion of strategies for working with a student who identifies as autistic/having autism see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=17249148

discussing orientation-type presentations to groups of first-year writers from all disciplines

a discussion of strategies employed to increase student knowledge/use of the center see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=24530464