Derek Swain
Professor, English Composition
Derek Swain
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About Me:

August 25, 2017 | Filed under: Uncategorized

I’m a professor of English Composition at Saddleback College, Mission Viejo and Irvine Valley College. I received my M.A at CSU Chico in the Language & Literacy program in the Graduate School of English. My research interests focus on theories of ludology, student agency, the teaching of writing, and participation. …

Teaching Philosophy

June 19, 2017 | Filed under: Uncategorized

For so many Freshmen Composition students, writing is something done in school by addressing a prompt using a prescribed structure based on what they believe the teacher wants. In this paradigm, writing becomes a syllogistic if-then statement: if this is writing, then I don’t like to write OR if this …

Saddleback:
English 1B
Orange Coast:
English A100

Email: swain.derek@gmail.com
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Spring 2019 Teaching Schedule:

Saddleback College:
English 1B (Principles of Composition II)
MW 12:00-1:15
pm

English 1B (Principles of Composition II)
MW 1:30 – 2:15 pm

Orange Coast College:
English A100 (Freshman Composition I)
TuThu 2:20 – 3:15 pm

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