Teaching Naked before the Machine

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Title: Teaching Naked before the Machine
Language: English
Authors: Robert E. Cummings
Source: Thresholds in Education. 2026 49(1):28-43.
Availability: Academy for Educational Studies. 2419 Berkeley Street, Springfield, MO 65804. Tel: 417-299-1560; e-mail: cqieeditors@gmail.com; Web site: http://academyforeducationalstudies.org
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 16
Publication Date: 2026
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition), Communities of Practice, Feedback (Response), Journal Writing, Student Journals, Conferences (Gatherings), Curriculum Evaluation, Reflection, Writing Workshops, In Person Learning, Writing Assignments, Writing Evaluation, Learning Objectives
ISSN: 0196-9641
2381-5485
Abstract: Author traces journey of evolving teaching strategies in response to COVID-19 Pandemic to teaching during the early days of the proliferation of generative AI. By returning to the tenets of Composition pedagogy, the author fashions a new strategy for the writing classroom of today, based on certain principles of the Composition as expressed since the 1980's. Guidance for current classroom includes emphasizing individual identity in a learning community, timely student feedback, journaling, conferencing, reflecting, evaluating curricula in real-time, and composing as much as possible in analog formats.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2026
Accession Number: EJ1504625
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Author traces journey of evolving teaching strategies in response to COVID-19 Pandemic to teaching during the early days of the proliferation of generative AI. By returning to the tenets of Composition pedagogy, the author fashions a new strategy for the writing classroom of today, based on certain principles of the Composition as expressed since the 1980's. Guidance for current classroom includes emphasizing individual identity in a learning community, timely student feedback, journaling, conferencing, reflecting, evaluating curricula in real-time, and composing as much as possible in analog formats.
ISSN:0196-9641
2381-5485