Agents of Integration [electronic resource] : Understanding Transfer as a Rhetorical Act / Rebecca S. Nowacek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nowacek, Rebecca S.

Series:

Studies in writing & rhetoric.

CCCC studies in writing & rhetoric

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Report writing--Study and teaching.

Report writing.

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.

English language.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The question of how students transfer knowledge is an important one, as it addresses the larger issue of the educational experience. In Agents of Integration: Understanding Transfer as a Rhetorical Act, Rebecca S. Nowacek explores, through a series of case studies, the issue of transfer by asking what in an educational setting engages students to become "agents of integration"- individuals actively working to perceive, as well as to convey effectively to others, the connections they make. While many studies of transfer are longitudinal, with data collected over several years, Nowacek's is sync

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Transfer as Recontextualization; 2. "I Finally Feel Like I've Really Learned Something": Students Becoming Agents of Integration; 3. Agents, Handlers, Audience Members: The Challenges Facing Instructors Teaching for Transfer; 4. "It's Really Hard for Me to Articulate, but I Know It's There": Transfer of Writing-Related Knowledge; 5. Implications; Appendix: Assignments from the Interdisc Sequence; References; Index; Author Biography; CCCC Studies in Writing & Rhetoric Series

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-159) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8093-9088-4

OCLC:

905984417