Composition In The University : Historical and Polemical Essays /

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Composition in the University examines the required introductory course in composition within American colleges and universities. Crowley argues that due to its association with literary studies in English departments, composition instruction has been inappropriately influenced by humanist pedagogy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Crowley, Sharon, 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [1998]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Report writing > Study and teaching (Higher)
English philology > Study and teaching (Higher)
English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching.
Education, Higher.
EDUCATION > General.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
Education, Higher > United States.
Report writing > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.
English philology > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.
English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Composition in the University examines the required introductory course in composition within American colleges and universities. Crowley argues that due to its association with literary studies in English departments, composition instruction has been inappropriately influenced by humanist pedagogy and that modern humanism is not a satisfactory rationale for the study of writing. Crowley envisions possible nonhumanist rationales that could be developed for vertical curricula in writing instruction, were the universal requirement not in place. Composition in the University examines the requi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (320 pages).
ISBN:9780822971900

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