Casanave Chapter 3: Paths to Improvement

The criteria for good writing are ambiguous because that criterion necessarily varies according to the critic and the culture. As I read this chapter, I was most interested in the Casanave’s assertion that teachers, “can attend to different criteria selectively, according to who the students are, why they are writing, what they are writing, and whom they are writing for” (67). Personally, I think that it is very important to be able to situate yourself and your teaching practices within the context you are working. Everything you do with your students needs to be as relevant as possible to their needs which are certain to vary from course to course and location to location. Successful teachers will realize that they cannot and should not attempt to teach everything at once.