The end of composition studies
"In this treatise, David W. Smit calls for an end to the hegemony of writing instruction as an academic field. Setting forth an innovative new model for what it means to be a writing teacher in the era of writing across the curriculum, The End of Composition Studies urges a reconceptualization of graduate work in rhetoric and composition, systematically critiques the limitations of current pedagogical practices at the post-secondary level, and proposes a reorganization of writing instruction to…
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- Full title :The end of composition studies / David W. Smit ; with a foreword by Doug Hesse.
Summary
"In this treatise, David W. Smit calls for an end to the hegemony of writing instruction as an academic field. Setting forth an innovative new model for what it means to be a writing teacher in the era of writing across the curriculum, The End of Composition Studies urges a reconceptualization of graduate work in rhetoric and composition, systematically critiques the limitations of current pedagogical practices at the post-secondary level, and proposes a reorganization of writing instruction to make it the responsibility of all academic units."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:©2004.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Southern Illinois University Press
- Place of Publication:Carbondale
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2004.
The Physical Object
- Description:xvi, 249 pages ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0809325853, 9780809325856, 9780809327515, 0809327511
- oclc:ocm54959879
- LC Classification:PE1405.U6
- Dewey Decimal:808/.042/071173
Table of Contents
What is writing and writing ability? -- Learning to write -- How we compose -- Writing as a social practice -- Writing and thinking -- Transfer -- What is writing instruction and why is it so problematic? -- What does it mean to be a writing teacher? -- A r/evolutionary program -- Furthering the r/evolution.
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