Going north, thinking west : the intersections of social class, critical thinking, and politicized writing instruction / Irvin Peckham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peckham.

Contributor:

Irvin..

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)--Social aspects--United States.

English language.

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)--Political aspects--United States.

Critical thinking--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.

Critical thinking.

Working class--Education (Higher)--United States.

Working class.

Social classes--United States.

Social classes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Edition:

1版.

Place of Publication:

Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A long-time writing program administrator and well-respected iconoclast, Irvin Peckham is strongly identified with progressive ideologies in education. However, in Going North Thinking West, Peckham mounts a serious critique of what is called critical pedagogy-primarily a project of the academic left-in spite of his own sympathies there. College composition is fundamentally a middle-class enterprise, and is conducted by middle-class professionals, while student demographics show increasing presence of the working class. In spite of best

Contents:

Intersections

Social class

Language, class, and codes

Critical thinking

Arguing

Cultural studies and composition

The teachers

The professors

Going west.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786613078094

9781283078092

1283078090

9780874218053

0874218055

OCLC:

681349179