Dennis Slavin, Associate Provost, is to be credited for this blog post’s title. We would like to direct you to a conversation between Dennis Slavin and Mikhail Gershovich, Director of the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute at Baruch College, about teaching traditional essay structures at:
http://cac.ophony.org/2008/10/15/the-deadly-grip-of-tradition/
Below is a link to information on Student Writing at Baruch College from the Faculty Handbook:
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/facultyhandbook/writing.htm
What is your view of the traditional introduction-body-conclusion approach in teaching composition?
Actually, the title was Mikhail’s. A wonderful follow up to these posts was staged by Prof. Jessica Lang (English), who asked her students to read them. They responded (see the Cac.ophony blog) and eventually Mikhail spent a session speaking with the class. Brava Jessica!