WRIT 169AO SC - Classroom-based Tutoring

In this course, we discuss the theory and practice of a range of pedagogical practices that have been called writing fellows/mentors,embedded tutoring,classroom-based tutoring,curriculum-based tutoring,and subject-area specialist tutoring. In contrast to generalist tutoring that takes place in a writing center or otherwise outside of a classroom, with a tutor who works from a position of unfamiliarity with the subject matter of the essays they tutor, this kind of tutoring presumes specialization and familiarity. It also presumes a working relationship with the faculty member whose students are being tutored and allows group tutoring and workshops in the classroom. We will examine the history of this kind of tutoring and the discussions of its theory, scholarly research, and practice in the discipline of Writing Center Studies; we will also develop a working Inside-Out pedagogical praxis for it in the classroom and pilot it in other Inside-Out courses. Students will write responses to the readings, observe and critique tutoring sessions, and work on adding a section on this kind of tutoring to the CRC Writing Center Handbook.

This course is an Inside-Out course. Inside-Out courses are regular college courses that are part of the international Inside-Out Prison Exchange Center model that “bring togetaher campus-based college students with incarcerated students for a semester-long course held in a prison.” The Claremont Colleges Inside-Out program takes place at California Rehabilitation Center, a level II men’s prison in Norco, CA. These courses are slated as “Permission of Instructor Required” so that the faculty members can fully explain the nature of the course and request students to complete an application or interview prior to enrollment. Students should also be aware of special course demands, which include up to an additional hour time commitment both before and after class times for transportation to/from the prison and clearance processes at the prison, the need for TB testing (available through Student Healthcare Services for $10), and the need to submit personal information for background checks. State ID and/or passport required.

Students will be leaving campus at 4:30pm and returning at 9:30pm, although there is a Zoom option. Students do not need any prior experience tutoring to be in this course

Course Credit: 1.0

Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.