No one escapes education, although the form it takes differs dramatically depending on context. We’ve come to believe that only certain kinds of education matter, and at the university, it’s easy for faculty and students alike to believe that only certain kinds of knowledge, found in certain kinds of books and lectures, has any real value.
English 2201: Writing about Education is one of a number of new Composition II courses that students at ECU can take to satisfy their second writing intensive/writing foundations requirement. In this course, we look at issues that are central to “education” generally, and we use writing/composing as a way of making knowledge about education: about our own educational experiences, about larger issues or contexts that shape education, about the ways we have been, are being, or will be educated.
Students in all sections of English 2201 at ECU are expected to command the knowledge, skills, and attitudes described by the Writing Program Administrator’s Outcome Statements for First-Year Composition by the time they complete the course. These outcomes coincide with the learning goals for 2201.
