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The end of composition studies / David W. Smit ; with a foreword by Doug Hesse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smit, David William.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--United States.
- English language.
- Report writing--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
- Report writing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (263 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 postsecondary level, and proposes a reorganization of all academic units. David W. Smith calls into question two major assumptions of the field: that writing is a universal ability and that college-level writing is foundational to advanced
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-243) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8093-2585-3
- 0-8093-8747-6
- OCLC:
- 856870491
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