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

• Autore: Smit David William
• Pubblicazione: Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Disciplina: 808.042071173; 808/.042/071173
• Soggetto topico: English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching - United States; Report writing - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The end of composition studies
• ISBN: 0-8093-2585-3; 0-8093-8747-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779995403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II