Writing Centres in the Netherlands Nondirective Pedagogies in a Changing Higher Education Landscape

Annemieke Meijer; Joy de Jong

doi:10.7771/2832-9414.1892

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Writing Centres in the Netherlands Nondirective Pedagogies in a Changing Higher Education Landscape

Annemieke Meijer ; Joy de Jong

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This article examines the pedagogy of Dutch writing centres, comparing and contrasting it with the original interpretation of nondirective coaching and the way that has developed since the 1970s. Based on recent literature and contacts with American colleagues, we have drawn the tentative conclusion that generally, Dutch writing coaching is more strictly nondirective than it currently seems to have become in US settings. We then evaluate this practice in the context of the internationalization of research universities that has taken flight over the past 20 years, leading to many programs now being taught through English, which is the native language neither of the vast majority of our students (whether they are Dutch or international students), nor of their teachers. This has given rise to a shift in the needs and questions being expressed in our writing centres and an effect on our thinking about writing centre pedagogy.

Journal: Writing Center Journal
Published: 2021
DOI: 10.7771/2832-9414.1892
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Topics: writing pedagogy writing centers multilingual writers
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