02764nam 2200601Ia 450 991077999540332120230617034245.00-8093-2585-30-8093-8747-6(CKB)2550000001106337(EBL)1354666(OCoLC)856870491(SSID)ssj0001043263(PQKBManifestationID)11577972(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001043263(PQKBWorkID)11060184(PQKB)10470402(MiAaPQ)EBC1354666(OCoLC)607530958(MdBmJHUP)muse30108(Au-PeEL)EBL1354666(CaPaEBR)ebr10739211(CaONFJC)MIL506695(EXLCZ)99255000000110633720040408d2004 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe end of composition studies[electronic resource] /David W. Smit ; with a foreword by Doug HesseCarbondale Southern Illinois University Pressc20041 online resource (263 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8093-2751-1 1-299-75444-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-243) and index.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.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 advancedEnglish languageRhetoricStudy and teachingUnited StatesReport writingStudy and teaching (Higher)United StatesEnglish languageRhetoricStudy and teachingReport writingStudy and teaching (Higher)808.042071173808/.042/071173Smit David William1580414MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779995403321The end of composition studies3861321UNINA