Morphing
Textbook ~ Introduction
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What is the Morphing Textbook?
Welcome to the online textbook of the University of Iowa’s Rhetoric Department, a project made possible by an Instructional Improvement Grant from the University of Iowa Office of the Provost. This collection of rhetoric tools and 4-7 week teaching units – including theme, rationale, class plan, informal and formal assignments, evaluation forms, and readings – is designed to help both new and returning instructors devise their own material for teaching 10:001, 10:002, and 10:003 rhetoric courses.
Born of the frustration that comes from using textbooks geared towards a national audience, this project brings the Rhetoric Department's controversies curriculum home. Each unit is designed by an experienced Graduate Student Instructor to meet the unique needs of the University of Iowa community, offering locally appropriate examples and materials for discussion, speech and composition.
Each year as some units fall away and new units are added, the textbook will "morph" into a form that remains appropriate to the teaching needs of Iowa instructors and students. If you develop a teaching unit that you think would add a new dimension to the project, we encourage you to send it to the Project Director (william-jennings@uiowa.edu).
Enjoy—
Daniel M. Gross (Project Initiator and Faculty Advisor)
Associate Professor, Rhetoric Department
Will Jennings (Project Director)
Lecturer, Rhetoric Department