Hello Meryl,

I think you would be able to find a good many ideas on how to stimulate
students and help them to work on their drafts in

Howard S. Becker: Writing for Social Scientists. Chicago / London: U of
Chicago Press, 1986.

Besides, Becker has written several sociological articles and a book on art
(Art Worlds, 1982).

Best,
Martin Taureg

At 21:36 04.10.98 -0400, you wrote:
>hello again-
>
>i want to try and respond to two different messages back to me, since they
>sort of relate to the request i orignally wrote about (vis a vis courses
>on writing about art).
>
>the course proposal i am working on is part of a writing course all
>undergraduates have to take at my university.  because of this, there are
>certain skills and concepts that still must be dealt with, even though i
>may modify or change certain other elements of the course.  the primary
>goals have to do with working with ideas (ie, others' and generating one's
>own), and in the case of my proposal, dealing with  variety of ways we
>look, we are taught to look, and how we interpret artworks.  this involves
>formal analysis, using cultural contexts and various theoretical
>perspectives, etc.
>
>however, (addressing the other comment), i began to wonder in a broader
>way what people are dealing with when they discuss this with students.
>anecdotally, i have heard of teachers who assume students already know how
>to write good papers.  i wondered if others, especially for high school of
>college students, allow drafts to be turned in first, or discuss how to
>come up with an idea/thesis, etc.
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