LEADER 03664nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910777830303321 005 20230207224921.0 010 $a9786611731113 010 $a1-281-73111-0 010 $a0-300-13201-8 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300132014 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472136 035 $a(EBL)3419906 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000123914 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11136509 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000123914 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10017179 035 $a(PQKB)10646827 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000291842 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12098881 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000291842 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10255925 035 $a(PQKB)10825688 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3419906 035 $a(DE-B1597)484806 035 $a(OCoLC)1024017888 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300132014 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3419906 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10167956 035 $a(OCoLC)923588400 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472136 100 $a20021016d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aClueless in academe$b[electronic resource] $ehow schooling obscures the life of the mind /$fby Gerald Graff 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-300-09558-9 311 0 $a0-300-10514-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tINTRODUCTION In the Dark All Eggheads Are Gray --$t1 The University Is Popular Culture, But It Doesn't Know It Yet --$t2 The Problem Problem and Other Oddities of Academic Discourse --$t3 The Mixed-Message Curriculum --$t4 Two Cheers for the Argument Culture --$t5 Paralysis by Analysis? --$t6 Unlearning to Write --$t7 Scholars and Sound Bites: The Myth of Academic Difficulty --$t8 Why Johnny Can't Argue --$t9 Outing Criticism --$t10 The Application Guessing Game with Andrew Hoberek --$t11 Hidden Intellectualism --$t12 A Word for Words and a Vote for Quotes --$t13 Wrestling with the Devil --$t14 Deborah Meier's Progressive Traditionalism --$tepilogue: How to Write an Argument-What Students and Teachers Really Need to Know --$tNOTES --$tindex 330 $aGerald 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. 606 $aEducation, Higher$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aLearning and scholarship$zUnited States 615 0$aEducation, Higher$xSocial aspects 615 0$aLearning and scholarship 676 $a306.43 700 $aGraff$b Gerald$047331 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777830303321 996 $aClueless in academe$93848685 997 $aUNINA