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Writing expert at UD Oct. 5, 6

1:57 p.m., Oct. 2, 2006--John C. Bean, author and a national leader in “Writing Across the Curriculum,” will make a public presentation at 4 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 5, in 324 Gore Hall and conduct an Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education (ITUE) workshop from 1-3:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 6, in 236 Alison Hall.

Bean's lecture, “Helping Students Achieve Disciplinary Expertise: The Role of Writing in University Outcomes Assessment” and workshop, “Promoting Critical Thinking and Inquiry through Writing-Across-the-Curriculum” will address writing in the disciplines and the relationship between assessment and writing.

Bean is the author of Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking and Active Learning in the Classroom and co-author of The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Writing.

The lecture is free and open to the general public. Registration is required for the workshop. To register, e-mail [cclark@udel.edu].

The lecture and workshop are sponsored by the Department of English, the University Writing Center, ITUE and Allyn and Bacon/Longman Publishers.

Article by Julia Parmley, AS 07

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