EPISODE · May 19, 2019 · 1H 19M
49: Writing for Purpose and Advocacy feat. Bryn Orum, J.J. Burry, John Warner, Stephanie Hurt, & Dr. Richard Wilkinson
from Human Restoration Project · host NickHRP
In this episode, we're focused on advocacy - getting students motivated to speak up for themselves and change the world. We have so many brilliant voices who feel limited to the classroom, not realizing the power they hold. Particularly, we're going to look at how writing instruction lends itself to promoting student voices, featuring a variety of English educators, as well as authors, who recognize how important the Humanities are to promoting a flourishing democracy.GUESTS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCEBryn Orum, director of Rise Up and Write, a summer writing program centered around advocacy in Madison, Wisconsin, who used to teach high school English and further, co-founded Clark Street Community School, who our previous guest, Bennett Jester, attends.J.J. Burry (Jess Houser), an English educator at a small public school in Texas, who is an aspiring writer and advocate of writer’s notebooks.John Warner, an author, editor, speaker, and professor focused on writing instruction. Recently, John's work has focused on writing instruction through Why They Can't Write and its companion book, The Writer's Practice.Stephanie Hurt, an English educator at Brodhead High School in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Stephanie is a teacher leader for the National Writing Project's College, Career, and Community Ready Writer's Program and The Greater Madison Writing Project.Dr. Richard Wilkinson, an accomplished social epidemiologist, author, and advocate who served as Professor Emeritus of Social Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham. He is co-founder of The Equality Trust and was awarded the 2013 Silver Rose Award from Solidar for championing equality. His co-author and significant other, Kate Pickett, wrote The Spirit Level and The Inner Level, which both focus on the across-the-board improvements of equitable societies.RESOURCES Rise Up and Write (website, Facebook) Greater Madison Writing Project Medium Jess Houser’s blog The College, Career, and Community Writer’s Program Dr. Richard Wilkinson’s TED Talk NCTE: Introduction to Writer’s NotebooksFURTHER LISTENING S2 Highlight: Restoring Humanity to...Purpose (Changing the Focus of School) S2 Highlight: The Importance of Relationships w/ Monte Syrie
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In this episode, we're focused on advocacy - getting students motivated to speak up for themselves and change the world. We have so many brilliant voices who feel limited to the classroom, not realizing the power they hold. Particularly, we're going to look at how writing instruction lends itself to promoting student voices, featuring a variety of English educators, as well as authors, who recognize how important the Humanities are to promoting a flourishing democracy. GUESTS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE Bryn Orum, director of Rise Up and Write, a summer writing program centered around advocacy in Madison, Wisconsin, who used to teach high school English and further, co-founded Clark Street Community School, who our previous guest, Bennett Jester, attends. J.J. Burry (Jess Houser), an English educator at a small public school in Texas, who is an aspiring writer and advocate of writer's notebooks. John Warner, an author, editor, speaker, and professor focused on writing instruction. Recently, John's work has focused on writing instruction through Why They Can't Write and its companion book, The Writer's Practice. Stephanie Hurt, an English educator at Brodhead High School in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Stephanie is a teacher leader for the National Writing Project's College, Career, and Community Ready Writer's Program and The Greater Madison Writing Project. Dr. Richard Wilkinson, an accomplished social epidemiologist, author, and advocate who served as Professor Emeritus of Social Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham. He is co-founder of The Equality Trust and was awarded the 2013 Silver Rose Award from Solidar for championing equality. His co-author and significant other, Kate Pickett, wrote The Spirit Level and The Inner Level, which both focus on the across-the-board improvements of equitable societies. RESOURCES * Rise Up and Write (website [https://riseupandwrite.wiscweb.wisc.edu/], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/riseupandwrite/]) * Greater Madison Writing Project Medium [https://medium.com/gmwp] * Jess Houser's blog [https://jjburry.com/] * The College, Career, and Community Writer's Program [https://sites.google.com/nwp.org/c3wp/home] * Dr. Richard Wilkinson's TED Talk [https://www.ted.com/talks/richard_wilkinson?language=en] * NCTE: Introduction to Writer's Notebooks [https://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/ST/ST0064July01.pdf] FURTHER LISTENING * S2 Highlight: Restoring Humanity to...Purpose (Changing the Focus of School) [https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/things-fall-apart/2018/10/12/s2-e23-restoring-humanity-topurpose-changing-the-focus-of-school] * S2 Highlight: The Importance of Relationships w/ Monte Syrie [https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/things-fall-apart/2018/4/29/s2-e2-the-importance-of-relationships-w-monte-syrie]
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