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UNINA9910974395403321 |
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Autore |
Grutsch McKinney Jackie |
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Titolo |
Peripheral visions for writing centers / / Jackie Grutsch McKinney |
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Logan, : Utah State University Press, 2013 |
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ISBN |
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9781457184192 |
1457184192 |
9781299139251 |
1299139256 |
9780874219166 |
0874219167 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (164 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Writing centers |
English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching |
Report writing - Study and teaching (Higher) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Cognitive Dissonance; 2. Story Vision; 3. Writing Centers Are Cozy Homes; 4. Writing Centers Are Iconoclastic; 5. Writing Centers Tutor (All Students); 6. Conclusion: The End of the Story or the End of the Center?; Appendix: Survey Results; References; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Peripheral Visions for Writing Centers aims to inspire a re-conception and re-envisioning of the boundaries of writing center work. Moving beyond the grand narrative of the writing center--that it is solely a comfortable, yet iconoclastic place where all students go to get one-to-one tutoring on their writing--McKinney shines light on other representations of writing center work. McKinney argues that this grand narrative neglects the extent to which writing center work is theoretically and pedagogically complex, with ever-changing work and conditions, and results in a straitjacket for writing center scholars, practitioners, students, and outsiders alike. Peripheral Visions for |
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