A Sourcebook for Basic Writing Teachers
Author: Theresa Enos
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 712
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The Writing Teacher's Sourcebook
Author: Gary Tate
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 436
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKRevised and updated, this guide to the teaching of composition includes a new section of sources listing journals, books and other bibliographic resources.
The Writing Teacher's Sourcebook
Author: Edward P. J. Corbett
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 440
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow 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.
Representing the "other"
Author: Bruce Horner
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 260
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntended for teachers of basic writing, this book contains a collection of new and updated essays addressing issues surrounding underprepared writers. It maps errors and expectations for basic writing and develops teaching approaches that will be effective in a social and political world. The book considers concepts such as the possibility of eliminating basic writing through "mainstreaming" or other strategies; the relevance of contact zone pedagogies to basic writing; intersections between basic writers and other writers; the continuing distinction between matters of "style" and matters of "content"; feminist and post-colonial critiques of composition work; and the prevalent textual bias of research in composition. After an introduction, essays in the book are (1) "The 'Birth' of 'Basic Writing'" (Bruce Horner); (2) "Conflict and Struggle: The Enemies or Preconditions of Basic Writing?" (Min-Zhan Lu); (3) "Importing 'Science': Neutralizing Basic Writing" (Min-Zhan Lu); (4) "Redefining the Legacy of Mina Shaughnessy: A Critique of the Politics of Linguistic Innocence" (Min-Zhan Lu); (5) "Mapping Errors and Expectations for Basic Writing: From the 'Frontier Field' to 'Border Country'" (Bruce Horner); (6) "Re-Thinking the 'Sociality' of Error: Teaching Editing as Negotiation" (Bruce Horner); and (7) "Professing Multiculturalism: The Politics of Style in the Contact Zone" (Min-Zhan Lu). An afterword ("Some Afterwords: Intersections and Divergences" by Bruce Horner) is attached. Contains approximately 400 references. (CR)
The Writing Teacher's Sourcebook
Author: Gary Tate
Publisher:
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 392
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe new edition of this popular collection of essays on the teaching of college composition remains the most up-to-date and inclusive book in its field. In this edition, two-thirds of the essays are new and the book has been reorganized into ten sections, each on a topic typically covered in courses. Bibliographies at the end of every section and a revised list of books on writing and the teaching of writing offer suggestions for important related reading. Gathering some of the most intellectually exciting and pedagogically sound articles currently published, this book is an indispensable reference for beginning and experienced teachers alike.
Research in Basic Writing
Author: Martin Jacobi
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 1990-02-15
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 0313387990
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis reference handbook surveys research on the central issue associated with the teaching of unprepared writers. Though basic writing has only been recognized as a distinct area of teaching and research since 1975, the existing bibliographic texts already seem limited due to their age or lack of annotation. This volume provides current and extensive bibliographic essays and will help to define this new field of study for teachers and researchers. Following an introduction that summarizes the origins and significant texts in basic writing, the book is divided into three sections, Social Science Perspectives, Linguistic Perspectives, and Pedagogical Perspectives. The first section, which contains three essays, views the field through the lens of social, psychological, and political issues. The second section, also containing three essays, examines contributions made from studies of grammar, dialects, and second-language acquisition. The third section, in its four essays, focuses on the design, development, administration, and evaluation of basic writing courses, the use of computers in basic writing classrooms, the role of the writing lab, and the preparation of basic writing teachers. An appendix that reviews current textbooks for basic writing courses is also included, as well as an index. This book will be a valuable resource for teachers of basic writing, in education courses and workshops that train teachers and tutors, and in fields such as linguistics, technical writing, and Teaching English as a Second Language. It will also be an important addition to public and university libraries and many education programs.
Basic Writing
Author: George Otte
Publisher: Parlor Press LLC
Published: 2010-03-15
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1602351775
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFramed by historic developments—from the Open Admissions movement of the 1960s and 1970s to the attacks on remediation that intensified in the 1990s and beyond—Basic Writing traces the arc of these large social and cultural forces as they have shaped and reshaped the field.
Research in Basic Writing
Author: Michael G. Moran
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 1990-02-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0313255644
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis reference handbook surveys research on the central issue associated with the teaching of unprepared writers. Though basic writing has only been recognized as a distinct area of teaching and research since 1975, the existing bibliographic texts already seem limited due to their age or lack of annotation. This volume provides current and extensive bibliographic essays and will help to define this new field of study for teachers and researchers. Following an introduction that summarizes the origins and significant texts in basic writing, the book is divided into three sections, Social Science Perspectives, Linguistic Perspectives, and Pedagogical Perspectives. The first section, which contains three essays, views the field through the lens of social, psychological, and political issues. The second section, also containing three essays, examines contributions made from studies of grammar, dialects, and second-language acquisition. The third section, in its four essays, focuses on the design, development, administration, and evaluation of basic writing courses, the use of computers in basic writing classrooms, the role of the writing lab, and the preparation of basic writing teachers. An appendix that reviews current textbooks for basic writing courses is also included, as well as an index. This book will be a valuable resource for teachers of basic writing, in education courses and workshops that train teachers and tutors, and in fields such as linguistics, technical writing, and Teaching English as a Second Language. It will also be an important addition to public and university libraries and many education programs.
Rhetoric and Composition
Author: Richard Layton Graves
Publisher: Boynton/Cook
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 390
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKBasic Writing, Essays for Teachers, Researchers, and Administrators
Author: Lawrence N. Kasden
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 204
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 12 essays in this collection address the concerns of basic writing teachers and those who teach basic writing teachers. The first essay discusses the characteristics of the low achieving college students who require basic writing instruction and argues for basic writing courses that are based upon a thorough understanding of students' nature and needs, while the second essay focuses on the composing process used by some basic writers and on the differences between this process and the composing process of more skilled writers. The following four essays contain descriptions of a basic writing program at a community college, the programs designed for use by the member schools of the Western North Carolina Consortium, a writing laboratory, and an interdisciplinary writing program at Boston University. The seventh essay discusses writing assessment and recommends the use of a carefully constructed objective test of students' knowledge of writing skills, while the eighth essay reviews the types of tests basic writing teachers and administrators may use and the purposes of each. The ninth essay discusses the training of teachers of basic writing and the tenth addresses staffing and operating peer-tutoring writing centers. The eleventh essay reviews research in the area of writing and the final essay provides a selected bibliography of composition and basic writing. (FL)
