Isbn: 9780822956600 - composition in the university: historical and polemical essays (pittsburgh series in composition, literacy and culture) (13 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. Examines the required introductory course in composition within American colleges and universities. The author argues that the course has historically been inappropriately influenced by humanist pedagogy - an unsatisfactory rationale for the study of writing - and proposes possible alternatives. Series: Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CBW; CJCW; JNA; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481. . 1998. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Zustand: New. Composition in the University examines the required introductory course in composition within American colleges and universities.KlappentextrnrnExamines the required introductory course in composition within American colleges and universitie.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Composition in the University examines the required introductory course in composition within American colleges and universities. Crowley argues that due to its association with literary studies in English departments, composition instruction has been inappropriately influenced by humanist pedagogy and that modern humanism is not a satisfactory rationale for the study of writing. Crowley envisions possible nonhumanist rationales that could be developed for vertical curricula in writing instruction, were the universal requirement not in place. >If there is a master narrative of the history of composition, it is told in the institutional attitude that has governed administration, design, and staffing of the course from its beginnings--the attitude that the universal requirement is in place in order to construct docile academic subjects. >Composition in the University concludes with a pair of essays that argue against maintenance of the universal requirement. In the last of these, Crowley envisions possible nonhumanist rationales that could be developed for vertical curricula in writing instruction, were the universal requirement not in place. Crowley presents her findings in a series of essays because she feels the history of the required composition course cannot easily be understood as a coherent narrative since understandings of the purpose of the required course have altered rapidly from decade to decade, sometimes in shockingly sudden and erratic fashion. The essays in this book are informed by Crowleyu2019s long career of teaching composition, administering a composition program, and training teachers of the required introductory course. The book also draw on experience she gained while working with committees formed by the Conference on College Composition and Communication toward implementation of the Wyoming Resolution, an attempt to better the working conditions of post-secondary teachers of writing.…