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The end of composition studies / David W. Smit ; with a foreword by Doug Hesse.

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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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