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Author Marshall, Margaret J

Title Response to reform : composition and the professionalization of teaching / Margaret J. Marshall
Published Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 197 pages)
Series Studies in writing & rhetoric
Studies in writing & rhetoric
Contents Cover; Other Books in the Studies in Writing & Rhetoric Series; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Survival from a Time Now Dead; 2. Fit to Keep School; 3. Reshaping Professional Training; 4. A Mere Factory Hand; 5. Standing to Speak; Works Cited; Index; Author Biography; Studies in Writing & Rhetoric Series Statement; Back Cover
Summary Response to Reform: Composition and the Professionalization of Teaching critiques the politics of labor and gender biases inherent in the composition workplace that prevent literacy teachers from attaining professional status and respect. Scrutinizing the relationship between scholarship and teaching, Margaret J. Marshall calls for a reconceptualization of what it means to prepare for and enter the field of composition instruction. Interrogating the approach the education system takes to certify teachers without actually "professionalizing" their careers, Marshall contends that
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-190) and index
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Subject English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- United States
Report writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
Sex discrimination in higher education -- United States
Sexism in higher education -- United States
Feminism and education -- United States
Educational change -- United States
English teachers -- United States
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
Educational change
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching
English teachers
Feminism and education
Report writing -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Sex discrimination in higher education
Sexism in higher education
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2003006164
ISBN 9780809389032
0809389037