We are inviting submissions of articles for a forthcoming book on
interdisciplinary and supradisciplinary approaches to teaching Writing and
Mathematics together. We are interested primarily in practical aspects of
teaching math and comp and how theory informs practice. We are
particularly interested in ways the two disciplines might complement each
other and therefore play relatively equal roles in the cluster. Generally,
we anticipate disciplinary benefits to both subjects in the
interdisciplinary encounter, but welcome chapters that identify areas of
illumination, insight, difficulty, or challenge either with theory or with
its implementation.
We’d like to shed light on the following questions, though queries
regarding chapters on other areas are welcome:
--What do mathematics and composition have in common as human
problem-solving skills? Is there any homogeneity in these two skill sets?
Are there, in fact, two sets?
--Can the practical problems featured in math classes be transposed (as
practical problems) for writing classes, and if so, how?
--Does creative thinking in math and comp work the same way? What role
does imagination play? What role does metaphor play?
--Insofar as math and writing both embrace symbolic representation, in
what ways can each system inform the other?
--Which mathematical ways of thinking and problem solving can double as
rhetorical ways of thinking and problem solving (but haven’t been
identified and/or tested)?
--Which theories of knowledge optimally match the kind of thinking that
takes place in math and writing, or is an eclectic (or new) theory
required?
--What is the role of critical thinking as a viable paradigm for driving
both math and writing classes?
--Which standards or measures might be used to evaluate improvement in
student performance and skill levels (Cognitive Emergence? Need for
Cognition? Creative measures? Other?).
The deadline for ideas/abstracts is January 10, 2003, and for full
articles, April 4, 2003. Email submissions accepted. Articles should be
around 25-40 pages, double spaced.
For further information or queries, please contact the editors:
Alvin H. F. Smith (English, Rhetoric & Writing)
Berry College
2277 Martha Berry Hwy NE, Box 350
Mount Berry, Georgia 30149-0350
706-238-5875
Ronald Taylor (Mathematics)
Berry College
2277 Martha Berry Hwy NE, Box 5014
Mount Berry, Georgia 30149-5014
706-290-2677
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