Some Questions About Literacy Practices and Writing Instruction at City Tech and Beyond
Johannah Rodgers
Assistant Professor, English Department
New York City College of Technology/CUNY
August 2012
Program-Specific Questions
1. What approaches to writing pedagogy best serve the needs of the City Tech student body?
2. What types of writing practices and assignments are most appropriate or necessary for our students?
3. What is “academic” or “college” writing in our institutional context
More General Questions
4. Is the City Tech undergraduate population unique or may these students be representative of more widespread trends in literacy experiences and practices?
5. What does it mean to be able to write in the context of current technologies and literacy practices?
6. How might these literacy practices, as well as other socio-cultural and educational trends, be changing definitions of “academic” or “college” writing?
