Ch. 3: A Generative AI (GAI) Writing Pedagogy: How Composition Pedagogy Can Inform the GAI Turn
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This chapter appears in the book, Rethinking Writing Education in the Age of Generative AI. Edited by Chaoran Wang and Zhongfeng Tian.
Chapter abstract: In response to some educators’ concerns that Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) means the end of writing assignments and classes, this chapter contends that GAI represents the latest development in a long history of literacy technologies that begins with writing itself as a technology. After first presenting broad overviews of GAI tools and composition pedagogy, this chapter next reviews specific composition pedagogies and describes how each can inform course designs, writing instruction, and assignments addressing students’ increased access to GAI. These—and other—composition pedagogies offer distinctive emphases and perspectives that can prepare writers for present and future occasions in which they may write and be expected to compose alongside GAI.
This chapter’s overview of multiple composition pedagogies highlights how each approach can inform course development and GAI integration to support essential writing instruction and AI literacy. This discussion underscores the adaptability of various pedagogies to different instructional contexts and individual instructor values and goals. However, while this chapter asserts that existing composition pedagogies continue to offer guidance in teaching writing in the GAI era, this chapter does not argue for incorporating GAI into every writing occasion or to mandate its use. The chapter concludes by considering how some composition pedagogies may be less compatible with GAI and emphasizes the need for continued research.
ISBN
9781003426936
Publication Date
2025
Publisher
Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
City
New York
Keywords
Generative artificial intelligence, Writing instruction, Pedagogy, Literacy technologies
Disciplines
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Digital Humanities | Other Rhetoric and Composition
Recommended Citation
Blevins, Brenta, "Ch. 3: A Generative AI (GAI) Writing Pedagogy: How Composition Pedagogy Can Inform the GAI Turn" (2025). English & Linguistics Books. 10.
https://scholar.umw.edu/elc_books/10