Based on these beliefs, we created this site to provide a forum for BU faculty to share effective and inclusive approaches to undergraduate writing pedagogy. We aspire to help faculty create substantive, meaningful, and empowering writing experiences for their students. We aim to become a trusted source of expertise, inspiration, and community, where faculty can access and share resources for teaching writing that are based in research and relevant to the diverse subjects and students we teach.
The Hub and Teaching Writing
BU’s general education program,
the Hub, asks faculty across BU who teach writing to undergraduates to aim for the same learning outcomes and invites them to create courses that connect writing to other modes of communication. The Teaching Writing site provides a place for teachers to share approaches to writing pedagogy and thereby help students build on these skills as they move from class to class and from school to school, helping us ensure that our graduates are the kind of
writers and communicators that the Hub envisions:
In almost every professional setting, BU graduates must be able to express their ideas in clear, coherent prose. Effective writing demands the honing of skills, but it also cultivates ways of thinking, evaluating evidence, constructing responsible and convincing arguments, and generating creative ideas. As effective writers, BU graduates will pay close attention to the potential readers of their writings; as responsible writers, they will take ownership of their message and the means of communicating it, and hold their writing to high standards of truth, accuracy, validity, and humaneness.
