1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463729003321

Autore

White Edward M (Edward Michael), <1933->

Titolo

Very like a whale : the assessment of writing programs / / Edward M. White, Norbert Elliot, Irvin Peckham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, Colorado : , : Utah State University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-87421-986-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Disciplina

808/.0420711

Soggetti

English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching (Higher) - Evaluation

Academic writing - Study and teaching (Higher) - Evaluation

Report writing - Study and teaching (Higher) - Evaluation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. Trends; 2. Lessons; 3. Foundations; 4. Measurement; 5. Design; Glossary; References; About the Authors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Written for those who design, redesign, and assess writing programs, Very Like a Whale is an intensive discussion of writing program assessment issues. Taking its title from Hamlet, the book explores the multifaceted forces that shape writing programs and the central role these programs can and should play in defining college education.  Given the new era of assessment in higher education, writing programs must provide valid evidence that they are serving students, instructors, administrators, alumni, accreditors, and policymakers. This book introduces new conceptualizations associated with assessment, making them clear and available to those in the profession of rhetoric and composition/writing studies. It also offers strategies that aid in gathering information about the relative success of a writing program in achieving its identified goals.  Philosophically and historically aligned with quantitative approaches, White, Elliot, and Peckham use case study and best-practice scholarship to demonstrate the applicability of their innovative approach, termed Design for Assessment (DFA). Well



grounded in assessment theory, Very Like a Whale will be of practical use to new and seasoned writing program administrators alike, as well as to any educator involved with the accreditation process"--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798700303321

Autore

McGowan Todd

Titolo

Capitalism and desire : the psychic cost of free markets / / Todd McGowan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Columbia University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-231-54221-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 pages)

Disciplina

330.122019

Soggetti

Capitalism - Psychological aspects

Capitalism - Social aspects

Psychoanalysis - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: After Injustice and Repression -- 1. The Subject of Desire and the Subject of Capitalism -- 2. The Psychic Constitution of Private Space -- 3. Shielding Our Eyes from the Gaze -- 4. The Persistence of Sacrifice After Its Obsolescence -- 5. A God We Can Believe In -- 6. A More Tolerable Infinity -- 7. The Ends of Capitalism -- 8. Exchanging Love for Romance -- 9. Abundance and Scarcity -- 10. The Market's Fetishistic Sublime -- Conclusion: Enjoy, Don't Accumulate -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Despite creating vast inequalities and propping up reactionary world regimes, capitalism has many passionate defenders-but not because of what it withholds from some and gives to others. Capitalism dominates, Todd McGowan argues, because it mimics the structure of our desire while hiding the trauma that the system inflicts upon it. People from all backgrounds enjoy what capitalism provides, but at the same time are



told more and better is yet to come. Capitalism traps us through an incomplete satisfaction that compels us after the new, the better, and the more. Capitalism's parasitic relationship to our desires gives it the illusion of corresponding to our natural impulses, which is how capitalism's defenders characterize it. By understanding this psychic strategy, McGowan hopes to divest us of our addiction to capitalist enrichment and help us rediscover enjoyment as we actually experienced it. By locating it in the present, McGowan frees us from our attachment to a better future and the belief that capitalism is an essential outgrowth of human nature. From this perspective, our economic, social, and political worlds open up to real political change. Eloquent and enlivened by examples from film, television, consumer culture, and everyday life, Capitalism and Desire brings a new, psychoanalytically grounded approach to political and social theory.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910133731803321

Titolo

2013 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : IEEE, 2013

ISBN

9781479904549

1479904546

9781479904525

147990452X

Disciplina

006.3/823

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph