Agents of integration : understanding transfer as a rhetorical act / Rebecca S. Nowacek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nowacek, Rebecca S.

Series:

Studies in writing & rhetoric

CCCC studies in writing & rhetoric

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.

English language.

Report writing--Study and teaching.

Report writing.

Physical Description:

xiii, 167 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2011]

Summary:

The question of how students transfer knowledge is an important one, as it addresses the larger issue of the educational experience. In Agents of Integration: Understanding Transfer as a Rhetorical Act, Rebecca S. Nowacek explores, through a series of case studies, the issue of transfer by asking what in an educational setting engages students to become "agents of integration"-individuals actively working to perceive, as well as to convey effectively to others, the connections they make.

Nowacek's study provides a rich cross-section of the writing and classroom discussions produced by a team-taught learning community. She presents a nuanced and engaging analysis that outlines how transfer is not simply a cognitive act but a rhetorical one that involves both seeing connections and presenting them to the instructors who are institutionally positioned to recognize and value them. This focused examination complements existing longitudinal studies and will help readers better understand not only the opportunities and challenges confronting students as they work to become agents of integration but also the challenges facing instructors as they seek to support that student work. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Transfer as Recontextualization 10

2 "I Finally Feel Like I've Really Learned Something": Students Becoming Agents of Integration 35

3 Agents, Handlers, Audience Members: The Challenges Facing Instructors Teaching for Transfer 67

4 "It's Really Hard for Me to Articulate, but I Know It's There": Transfer of Writing-Related Knowledge 97

5 Implications 127.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780809330485

0809330482

9780809390670

0809390671

OCLC:

693207745