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Wednesday, June 2, 1993
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'Team teaching' to begin in fall
Ford and Mount will experiment with new method
by Melissa Freels
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Two instructors at Clacka­
mas will experiment with a new.
method of teaching in the fall—a
method called “team teaching.?
Psychology Instructor Loren
Ford and English Instructor David
Mount will be coordinating a
Writing 121 Course and a Psy­
chology 101 course in an effort to
pull people together and possibly
make the courses more valuable
to students.
“It’s an opportunity to get to
know more people better/’ Ford
explained.
According to Ford, students
in his psychology course do a lot
of writing - personal journals
that include much introspection.
Sometimes these journals are
lengthy and by requiring students
to take Mount’s course, they will
receive advice on how to im­
prove their journals.
One objective of the coordi­
nated courses is to “provide a
specific context in which writing
has direct application to a per­
son’s life,” Ford said. He calls
this “interdisciplinary training”
— in other words, students will
learn to read and write more ef­
fectively while they study psy­
chology.
By taking these two courses,
students will be able to fulfill
some of their assignments for
Writing 121 with what they do in
psychology class.
“Pulling people together” is
one of the main aspects of “team
teaching,” he said. Students will
have the opportunity to be to­
gether for two courses, and in
effect, students will get to know
each other better.
welcomed the idea of “team teach­
ing.” When Ford and Mount
introduced this idea to their stu­
dents, the “initial student response
was positive,” Ford said.
Students who plan to take
part in this “project” should sign
up for the Ford’s Psychology 101
course, which will be held at noon
on Monday, Wednesday and Fri­
day. Students should also sign up
for Mount’s Writing 121 course,
which is held at 1 p.m., immedi­
One objective of the coordinated courses
is to "provide a specific context in which
writing has direct application to a per­
son's life."
—Loren Ford
Psychology instructor
“Team teaching” also pro­
vides a chance for instructors in
different departments to get to
know each other better.
So far, the college’s staff has
ately following Ford’s class.
Ford emphasized the fact that
Writing 121 placement is man­
datory for students who choose
to take the two courses.
Student chapter calls quits
by Claudia Smulders
Staff Writer
Every term, technical writ­
ing students have a chance to get
their articles published in the
Columbia River Student Chap­
ter, which is a chapter of the
Society for Technical Commu­
nication.
But due to lack of participa­
tion, the Columbia River Stu­
dent Chapter recently disbanded.
It all started several years
ago when STC came up to Loretta
Matulich,Writing 227 instructor
at Clackamas, and asked her if
she wanted to write an article for
the chapter. After it got pub­
lished, Michelle Perry Sailer,
resident of STC, gave Matulich
application forms for her stu­
dents and since then, students
have been giving articles to send
in to STC every term.
By getting their articles
published, students benefit in two
ways. They get extra credit for
it, but the most important reason
is that it goes in their portfolio,
so if they are looking for a job,
their resume looks good.
STC consists of a student
chapter, a chapter for teachers
and everyone else whois inter­
ested in technical writing.
In the STC meetings for the
students they cover subjects like
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how to apply for a job and how
technical writing is a very valu­
able knowledge to have for every
job.
“ I think that these meetings
are not only good for just techni­
cal writing students, but for every
student who wants to work,"said
Matulich said.
The teacher chapters dis­
cuss different aspects of techni­
cal writing, like computers, graph­
ics, resumesand the latest tents
in technical writing.
In Matulich’s opinion, tech­
nical writing is: "one of the fast­
est growing fields in academia.”
The example Matulich gave
with this quote was the story
about one of her students. Her
major was computer account­
ing, and was looking for a job
before she graduated from
Clackamas. She had a job inter­
view in a computer store and
mentioned that she had taken a
technical writing course. The man
said that when she would gradu­
ate from Clackamas she could
get a job with him right away,
because she had taken the tech­
nical writing course.
To support the continuation
of the Society for Technical
Writing Communication call
Michell Perry Sailer at (206)
573-0334.
'Preppy Week'
features CCC;
writer visits
grade school
by Staci Smith
Staff Writer
On May 25,1 was involved
in a presentation about Clacka­
mas Community College at To­
bias Elementary School in Aloha.
The presentation was a part
of the sixth graders' “Preppy
Week.” Several of the sixth-grad­
ers have pen pals at various col­
leges, and during "Preppy Week"
those colleges who have pen pals
send representives to Tobias to
speak on their behalf.
Job Specialist Sheri Schoen-
born had asked me to accompany
her to Tobias for the presenta­
tion, and since I had always
wondered what it would be like
to be in front of the class, I said
yes.
When Sheri and I arrived at
Tobias we carried our supplies
into a classroom. Ten minutes
after our arrival, the room was
full of 48 antsy sixth-graders.
Sheri began with a slide
presentation that profiled Clacka­
mas. After the slide show we had
a question and answer session.
I couldn’t believe how many
questions the kids had! They asked
about everything from having a
job while in school, to how to go
about being a doctor. I never really
realized how interested in educa­
tion kids really are until I heard
all the thoughtful questions they
asked.
I am really glad I was able to
be apart of "Preppy Week." I was
able to play a small part in the
educating of a future generation.