The End of Composition Studies

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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 practi...

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Main Author: Smit, David W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Report writing > Study and teaching (Higher)
English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
Report writing > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.
English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
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Summary: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. Smit calls into question two major assumptions of the field: that writing is a universal ability and that college-level writing is foundational to advanced le.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9780809387472

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