Mike Rose|Karen McClafferty
A Call for the Teaching of Writing in Graduate Education
small growing research literature writing graduate level dealing appropriation disciplinary discourse conventions graduate students course study eg berkenkotter huckin ackerman 1988 blakeslee 1997 prior 1995 little professional discussion help students write effectively1 though graduate faculty spend good deal time working students writing proposals address writing specifically graduate curriculum one reason reluctance might concerns effort smacks remediation issue address shortly irony quality scholarly writing widely bemoaned outside inside academy eg limerick 1993 rankin 1998 yet seem little address quality writing systematic way point scholarly style identity shaped 1996 mike rose instituted course professional writing housed social research methodology division graduate school education information studies2 article would like describe gets done courseand could transferable institutionsand reflect explicit focus writing instruction might provide graduate program education3 several faculty taught course since creation bit differently essential structure writing workshop primary texts course student writing may one two initial common assignments course spent focusing writing students range courses range purposes students come five divisions school social sciences introduction