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Composition and the rhetoric of science : engaging the dominant discourse / Michael J. Zerbe.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Zerbe, Michael J., 1966-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.
English language.
Interdisciplinary approach in education.
Report writing--Study and teaching.
Report writing.
Science--Study and teaching.
Science.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (233 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Composition and the Rhetoric of Science: Engaging the Dominant Discourse calls for instructors of first-year writing courses to employ primary scientific discourse in their teaching and for rhetoricians of science to think about teaching scientific discourse as a literacy skill.Author Michael J.
Contents:
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: Contexts and Gateways
1. The Dominance of Scientific Discourse: Theoretical Contexts
2. The State of Scientific Discourse in Rhetoric and Composition
3. Scientific Discourse as a Cultural Studies Issue
4. Scientific Discourse as a Literacy Issue
Part 2: Texts and Scenarios
5. Popularizations of Science
6. Scientific Discourse of Another Culture
7. Classics
8. You Are What Science Says You Are
Epilogue
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Author Bio
Back Cover.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-208) and index.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
0-8093-8744-1
OCLC:
855906365

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