College writing has conventionally been taught by faculty in the humanities, but many schools have begun to encourage writing instruction by faculty from a variety of disciplines. Our institution, Davidson College, has a college-wide writing requirement of all first-year students, and encourages a broad spectrum of faculty to contribute to the writing curriculum. We describe our recent experiences teaching three different writing courses that focus on topics in 20th century physics and astronomy. The goal of this teaching is to prepare students to be intellectual writers on scientific and technical topics, while focusing on concepts in physics and related areas. The writing and rhetorical skills emphasized in our classes have wide applicability for students seeking various professions. Our writing courses have required us to develop teaching methods unfamiliar to some physicists but have proven to be popular with many students and warmly received by our colleagues. Teaching these courses has helped to increase student interest in physics and has also helped the authors to grow intellectually and professionally. Here, we share our experiences teaching courses within our college's first-year writing program. We find the endeavor to be beneficial to our college, faculty, and students and hope to encourage other non-writing faculty to consider contributing to the writing programs at their institutions.

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从物理学家的角度教授大学写作

传统上，大学写作是由人文学院教授的，但是许多学校已经开始鼓励来自各个学科的学院的写作教学。我们的机构戴维森学院（Davidson College）对所有一年级学生都具有大学范围的写作要求，并鼓励广泛的教师为写作课程做出贡献。我们描述了我们最近的经验，他们教授三种不同的写作课程，这些课程的重点是20世纪物理学和天文学。该教学的目的是使学生成为科学和技术主题的知识分子作家，同时侧重于物理和相关领域的概念。我们课程中强调的写作和修辞技巧对寻求各种专业的学生具有广泛的适用性。我们的写作课程要求我们开发一些物理学家不熟悉的教学方法，但事实证明，该教学方法在许多学生中很受欢迎，并受到同事的热烈欢迎。教授这些课程有助于提高学生对物理学的兴趣，也有助于作者的智力和专业发展。在这里，我们分享了我们大学一年级写作计划中的教学经验。我们发现这种努力对我们的学院，教职员工和学生都是有益的，并希望鼓励其他非写作教职员工考虑为他们所在机构的写作课程做出贡献。教授这些课程有助于提高学生对物理学的兴趣，也有助于作者的智力和专业发展。在这里，我们分享了我们大学一年级写作计划中的教学经验。我们发现这种努力对我们的学院，教职员工和学生都是有益的，并希望鼓励其他非写作教职员工考虑为他们所在机构的写作课程做出贡献。教授这些课程有助于提高学生对物理学的兴趣，也有助于作者的智力和专业发展。在这里，我们分享了我们大学一年级写作计划中的教学经验。我们发现这种努力对我们的学院，教职员工和学生都是有益的，并希望鼓励其他非写作教职员工考虑为他们所在机构的写作课程做出贡献。