Exploring composition studies : sites, issues, and perspectives / Kelly Ritter and Paul Kei Matsuda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ritter, Kelly

Contributor:

Matsuda, Paul Kei.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.

English language.

Physical Description:

ix, 281 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Logan : Utah State University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Ritter (English, U. of North Carolina-Greensboro) and Matsuda (English, Arizona State U.) introduce the field of composition studies to graduate students and new instructors through 13 essays by English and composition scholars from the US who consider the purpose and relevance of specific areas and methods of inquiry to the field as an interdisciplinary discipline: basic, second language, professional, and technical writing; writing centers; the writing-across-the-curriculum program; pedagogy education programs; assessment; computer use; ethnography; archival research in rhetoric and composition; writing about writing; and knowledge transfer. Each essay defines a specific area of scholarship and discusses its importance, relationship to other areas, and intellectual issues and controversies. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

I The State of the Field(S)

1 Creation Myths and Flash Points: Understanding Basic Writing through Conflicted Stories / Linda Adler-Kassner Adler-Kassner, Linda, Susanmarie Harrington Harrington, Susanmarie 13

2 Teaching Composition in the Multilingual World: Second Language Writing in Composition Studies / Paul Kei Matsuda Matsuda, Paul Kei 36

3 Remapping Professional Writing: Articulating the State of the Art and Composition Studies / Tim Peeples Peeples, Tim, Bill Hart-Davidson Hart-Davidson, Bill 52

4 Writing Center Scholarship: A "Big Cross-Disciplinary Tent" / Lauren Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, Lauren 73

5 WAC's Disappearing Act / Rita Malenczyk Malenczyk, Rita 89

6 Scholarly Positions in Writing Program Administration / Jeanne Gunner Gunner, Jeanne 105

II Innovations, Advancements, and Methodologies

7 Reimagining the Nature of FYC Trends in Writing-about-Writing Pedagogies / Doug Downs Downs, Doug, Elizabeth Wardle Wardle, Elizabeth 123

8 Transfer, Portability, Generalization: (How) Does Composition Expertise "Carry"? / Christiane Donahue Donahue, Christiane 145

9 Writing Assessment in the Early Twenty-first Century: A Primer / Kathleen Blake Yancey Yancey, Kathleen Blake 167

10 Studying Literacy in Digital Contexts: Computers and Composition Studies / Gail E. Hawisher Hawisher, Gail E., Cynthia L. Selfe Selfe, Cynthia L. 188

11 "What Goes On Here?": The Uses of Ethnography in Composition Studies / Elizabeth Chiseri-Strater Chiseri-Strater, Elizabeth 199

12 Archival Research in the Field of Rhetoric and Composition / Barbara L'Eplattenier L'Eplattenier, Barbara, Lisa S. Mastrangelo Mastrangelo, Lisa S. 211

13 Writing Pedagogy Education: Instructor Development in Composition Studies / Heidi Estrem Estrem, Heidi, E. Shelley Reid Reid, E. Shelley 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780874218824

0874218829

9780874218831

0874218837

OCLC:

767864902