A field of dreams : independent writing programs and the future of composition studies / / edited by Peggy O'Neill, Angela Crow, Larry W. Burton

• Pubblicazione: Logan, : Utah State University Press, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
• Disciplina: 808/.042/071
• Soggetto topico: English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching; Report writing - Study and teaching (Higher); Independent study
• Altri autori: O'NeillPeggy <1963-> CrowAngela <1965-> BurtonLarry W
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-311) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: One 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 s
• Titolo autorizzato: A field of dreams
• ISBN: 1-283-26690-3; 9786613266903; 0-87421-464-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910524710003321
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