A Guide to Composition Pedagogies
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (505 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199922160 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Good resource for current theory For anyone who wants a good primer for the current theories and pedagogical models in the field of rhetoric-composition, this work fits the bill. I'm using it for a graduate class, and reading it affords me confidence to approach the field with some grounding.. "Worth the Read for students of Comp and Rhetoric" according to BrookLynne's Bookends. If you're studying Comp and Rhetoric then this book is worth the read. It is easy to follow and packed full of information for the future teacher.. Roger Powell said Four Stars. Excellent introduction to the field of composition and rhetoric studies.
H. The late Gary Tate taught English for three decades at Texas Christian University, helping establish the discipline of Composition through his editorial work.Amy Rupiper Taggart is Associate Professor and Associate Chair of English at North Dakota State University. Brooke Hessler is Professor of English and El
More importantly, it provides realistic, applicable examples of what can and does happen in composition classrooms and how instructors of composition shape students' college experiences as writers and thinkers."--Carol Zitzer-Comfort, California State University-Long Beach "The second edition of A Guide offers a breadth of coverage, range of perspectives, and conciseness not found in many texts that help new and seasonsed composition teachers and scholars remain current on the climate of composition studies."--The Journal of Teaching Writing. "A Guide to Composition Pedagogies provides students with the theoretical framework that they will need to understand teaching composition and to develop their own pedagogical concepts
Each essay is written by an experienced teacher/scholar and describes one of the major pedagogies employed today to familiarize newcomers with the topography of Composition Studies. The essays within now contain an increased focus on issues raised by diversity, each pedagogy's approach to assessment, and technology's effect on composition.. It also features new chapters--"What Is Composition Pedagogy: An Introduction," "Genre," "Second Language Writing," "Literature and Writing," "New Media ," "Online and Hybrid," and "Research Writing"--and also an expanded chapter, "Rhetoric and Argumentation". An invaluable tool for graduate students and new teachers, this bibliographic resource provides an exceptional introduction to Composition Studies and the extensive range of available pedagogical approaches.Now in its second edition, this guide substantially updates all chapters from the previous edition--on basic, collaborative, community-engaged, critical, expressive, feminist, process, Writing Across the Curriculum, and writing center pedag