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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779995403321

Autore

Smit David William

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2004

ISBN

0-8093-2585-3

0-8093-8747-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Disciplina

808.042071173

808/.042/071173

Soggetti

English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching - United States

Report writing - Study and teaching (Higher) - 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 (p. 227-243) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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