03032nam 2200637 a 450 991052471000332120200520144314.01-283-26690-397866132669030-87421-464-5(CKB)111056486849426(EBL)287119(OCoLC)702104721(SSID)ssj0000154519(PQKBManifestationID)11163879(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000154519(PQKBWorkID)10408415(PQKB)10761071(MiAaPQ)EBC3442737(OCoLC)51952744(MdBmJHUP)muse16342(MiAaPQ)EBC287119(Au-PeEL)EBL287119(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/94665(EXLCZ)9911105648684942620020319d2002 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA field of dreams independent writing programs and the future of composition studies /edited by Peggy O'Neill, Angela Crow, Larry W. BurtonLogan Utah State University Pressc20021 online resource (326 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87421-440-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-311) and index.CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION Cautionary Tales about Change; I Local Scenes STORIES OF INDEPENDENT WRITING PROGRAMS; II Beyond the Local CONNECTIONS AMONG COMMUNITIES; III The Big Picture IMPLICATIONS FOR COMPOSITION, ENGLISH STUDIES, AND LITERACY EDUCATION; AFTERWORD Countering the Naysayers-Independent Writing Programs as Successful Experiments in American Education; REFERENCES; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEXOne of the first collections to focus on independent writing programs, A Field of Dreams offers a complex picture of the experience of the stand-alone. Included here are narratives of individual programs from a wide range of institutions, exploring such issues as what institutional issues led to their independence, how independence solved or created administrative problems, how it changed the culture of the writing program and faculty sense of purpose, success, or failure.Further chapters build larger ideas about the advantages and disadvantages of stand-alone sEnglish languageRhetoricStudy and teachingReport writingStudy and teaching (Higher)Independent studyEnglish languageRhetoricStudy and teaching.Report writingStudy and teaching (Higher)Independent study.808/.042/071O'Neill Peggy1963-1177464Crow Angela1965-1177463Burton Larry W1177462MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910524710003321A field of dreams4192815UNINA