Dr Anannya Dasgupta, Neha Mishra and Sayantan Datta from the Centre for Writing and Pedagogy (CWP) at Krea University, and Dr Vivek Tewary from SIAS, Krea University will be part of the Critical Writing Pedagogies Symposium on How can writing pedagogies build critical thinking among students in higher education? organised by Ashoka University on 6–7 April, 2024.
Dr Anannya Dasgupta, Director, Centre for Writing & Pedagogy (CWP) at Krea University and Associate Professor of Literature, SIAS, Krea University will conduct a writing workshop at Ashoka University entitled Giving Feedback for Revision: A Writing Pedagogy Essential on 5 April, 2024 as a pre-event to their 2-day writing symposium.
Dr Anannya Dasgupta will also deliver the Opening Keynote address, “Is it a thing yet?”: Writing Pedagogy in India. Neha Mishra, Assistant Professor of Practice, CWP, will speak on Cultivating Dispositions for Critical Thinking: Networks of Support & Feedback in Writing Pedagogies. Sayantan Datta, Assistant Professor of Practice, CWP will deliver a talk titled A Neuroscientist Takes on Writing Pedagogy. Sayantan Datta and Dr Vivek Tewary, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, SIAS, Krea University will spek on Form and Formula – Reflections on Teaching Technical & Journalistic Writing in Mathematics.
This workshop will be attended by faculty of the Undergraduate Writing Programme (who teach the first year writing courses), members of the Centre for Writing and Communication, Teaching Fellows, and interested faculty members from different departments eager to gain insights into effective strategies for addressing their students’ writing-related needs.
