The Writing Teacher's Sourcebook / Edition 4

The Writing Teacher's Sourcebook / Edition 4

ISBN-10:
0195123778
ISBN-13:
9780195123777
Pub. Date:
08/12/1999
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-10:
0195123778
ISBN-13:
9780195123777
Pub. Date:
08/12/1999
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
The Writing Teacher's Sourcebook / Edition 4

The Writing Teacher's Sourcebook / Edition 4

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Overview

Now in its fourth edition, this widely acclaimed sourcebook remains one of the most up-to-date and inclusive works on teaching writing today. In this edition, the editors have added twelve new essays and deleted several from the previous edition, making the content as timely as possible. Emphasizing the importance of adapting good pedagogy to multiple environments and audiences, this unique collection features some of the most intellectually exciting and pedagogically sound articles in the field. The Writing Teacher's Sourcebook, 4/e, is the definitive resource for beginning and experienced teachers alike.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780195123777
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 08/12/1999
Edition description: REV
Pages: 400
Product dimensions: 9.10(w) x 6.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Ohio State University

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Texas Christian University

Table of Contents

Preface
1. THE CONTEXTS OF TEACHING
PERSPECTIVES
Four Philosophies of Composition, Richard Fulkerson
Rhetoric and Ideology in the Writing Class, James Berlin
Rhetoric, the Enabling Discipline, Edward P.J. Corbett
The Problematic of Experience: Redefining Critical Work in Ethnography and Pedagogy, Min-Zhan Lu and Bruce Horner
TEACHERS
Embracing Contraries in the Teaching Process, Peter Elbow
The Listening Eye: Reflections on the Writing Conference, Donald M. Murray
Reading Students, Reading Ourselves: Revising the Teacher's Role in the Writing Class, Lad Tobin
Ethical Issues Raised by Students' Personal Writing, Dan Morgan
STUDENTS
Diving In: An Introduction to Basic Writing, Mina P. Shaughnessy
Strangers in Academia: The Experiences of Faculty and ESL Students Across the Curriculum, Vivian Zamel
The Persistence of Difference in Networked Classrooms: Non-Negotiable Difference and the African American Student Body, Todd Taylor
LOCATIONS
The Risky Business of Group Work, Hephzibah Roskelly
The Rhetoric of Technology and the Electronic Writing Class, Gail E. Hawisher and Cynthia L. Selfe
Talking in the Middle: Why Writers Need Writing Tutors, Muriel Harris
APPROACHES
Redefining the Legacy of Mina Shaughnessy: A Critique of the Politics of Linguistic Innocence, Min-Zhan Lu
Conversations with Texts: Reading in the Teaching of Composition, Mariolina Salvatori
A Place for Literature in Freshman Composition, Gary Tate
Experience as Evidence: Teaching Students to Write Honestly and Knowledgeably about Public Issues, Carolyn Matalene
2. THE TEACHING OF WRITING
ASSIGNING
Remedial Writing Courses: A Critique and a Proposal, Mike Rose
A Comment and Response on "Remedial Writing Courses", David Peck, Elizabeth Hoffman, and Mike Rose
The "Research Paper" in the Writing Course: A Non-Form of Writing, Richard L. Larson
Teaching Argument: A Theory of Types, Jeanne Fahnestock and Marie Secor
Beyond Argument in Feminist Composition, Catherine E. Lamb
RESPONDING AND ASSESSING
The Components of Written Response: A Practical Synthesis of Current Views, Brooke K. Horvath
The Study of Error, David Bartholomae
Learning How to Teach: A Progress Report, Jerry Farber
COMPOSING AND REVISING
Between the Drafts, Nancy Sommers
Writing and Knowing: Toward Redefining the Writing Process, James A. Reither
Collaboration and the Pedagogy of Disclosure, David Bleich
AUDIENCES
The Meanings of "Audience", Douglas B. Park
Audience Addressed/Audience Invoked: The Role of Audience in Composition Theory and Pedagogy, Lisa Ede and Andrea Lunsford
Closing My Eyes as I Speak: An Argument for Ignoring Audience, Peter Elbow
STYLES
Static Abstractions and Composition, Robert J. Connors
Teaching Style: A Possible Anatomy, Winston Weathers
Revitalizing Style: Toward a New Theory and Pedagogy, Elizabeth D. Rankin
Use Definite, Specific, Concrete Language, Richard Ohmann

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