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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777830303321

Autore

Graff Gerald

Titolo

Clueless in academe [[electronic resource] ] : how schooling obscures the life of the mind / / by Gerald Graff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2003

ISBN

9786611731113

1-281-73111-0

0-300-13201-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Disciplina

306.43

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Social aspects - United States

Learning and scholarship - United States

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

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION In the Dark All Eggheads Are Gray -- 1 The University Is Popular Culture, But It Doesn't Know It Yet -- 2 The Problem Problem and Other Oddities of Academic Discourse -- 3 The Mixed-Message Curriculum -- 4 Two Cheers for the Argument Culture -- 5 Paralysis by Analysis? -- 6 Unlearning to Write -- 7 Scholars and Sound Bites: The Myth of Academic Difficulty -- 8 Why Johnny Can't Argue -- 9 Outing Criticism -- 10 The Application Guessing Game with Andrew Hoberek -- 11 Hidden Intellectualism -- 12 A Word for Words and a Vote for Quotes -- 13 Wrestling with the Devil -- 14 Deborah Meier's Progressive Traditionalism -- epilogue: How to Write an Argument-What Students and Teachers Really Need to Know -- NOTES -- index

Sommario/riassunto

Gerald Graff argues that our schools and colleges make the intellectual life seem more opaque, narrowly specialized, and beyond normal learning capacities than it is or needs to be. Left clueless in the academic world, many students view the life of the mind as a secret society for which only an elite few qualify.In a refreshing departure from standard diatribes against academia, Graff shows how academic unintelligibility is unwittingly reinforced not only by academic jargon and obscure writing, but by the disconnection of the curriculum and



the failure to exploit the many connections between academia and popular culture. Finally, Graff offers a wealth of practical suggestions for making the culture of ideas and arguments more accessible to students, showing how students can enter the public debates that permeate their lives.

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Record Nr.

UNISA996384413603316

Autore

Jemmat William <1596?-1678.>

Titolo

The rocke, or, A setled heart in unsetled times [[electronic resource] ] : a short discourse minding and helping Gods people to make use of their faith for moderating their feares in these sad times of the sorrowes of Sion : being the heads of some sermons preached lately and now published for that purpose / / by William Jemmat .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Samuel Enderby ..., 1644

Descrizione fisica

[10], 83 p

Soggetti

Faith

Sermons, English

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in Yale University Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0198