Why They Can't Write : Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities /

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There seems to be widespread agreement that--when it comes to the writing skills of college students--we are in the midst of a crisis. In Why They Can't Write, John Warner, who taught writing at the college level for two decades, argues that the problem isn't caused by a lack of rigor, or...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Warner, John, 1970- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching.
English language > Composition and exercises > Study and teaching.
Critical thinking > Study and teaching.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
Critical thinking > Study and teaching > United States.
English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching > United States.
English language > Composition and exercises > Study and teaching > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Johnny could never write
  • The writer's practice
  • The five-paragraph essay
  • The problem of atmosphere
  • The problem of surveillance
  • The problem of assessment and standardization
  • The problem of education fads
  • The problem of technology hype
  • The problem of folklore
  • The problem of precarity
  • Why school?
  • Increasing rigor
  • Making writing meaningful by making meaningful writing
  • Writing experiences
  • Increasing challenges
  • What about academics?
  • What about grammar?
  • What about grades?
  • What about the children?
  • What about the teachers?

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