| Description |
xi, 265 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Research and scholarship in composition ; 1 |
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Research and scholarship in composition ; 1
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| Contents |
Pt. I. Historical Perspectives. Language across the Curriculum: Where It Began and What It Promises / Nancy Martin. American Origins of the Writing-across-the-Curriculum Movement / David R. Russell -- Pt. II. Disciplinary and Predisciplinary Theory. Theories of the Disciplines and a Learning Theory / James Britton. From Cultural Criticism to Disciplinary Participation: Living with Powerful Words / Charles Bazerman. Speaking of Knowing: Conceptions of Understanding in Academic Disciplines / Judith A. Langer. Context-Specific Ways of Knowing and the Evaluation of Writing / Lee Odell -- Pt. III. Teachers' Voices: Reflections on Practice. Interchange: A Conversation among the Disciplines / Michael M. Abbott, Pearl W. Bartelt, Stephen M. Fishman and Charlotte Honda. From Practice to Theory: Writing across the Disciplines at Spelman College / Jacqueline Jones Royster -- Pt. IV. Studies in the Classroom |
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Contributions of Academic and Dialogic Journals to Writing about Literature / Susan Peck MacDonald and Charles R. Cooper. Writing and Learning American Literature / Toby Fulwiler. How Students Handle Writing Assignments: A Study of Eighteen Responses in Six Disciplines / Joy Marsella, Thomas L. Hilgers and Clemence McLaren -- Pt. V. Disciplinary Values, Discourse Practices, and Teaching. Encountering the Biological Sciences: Ideology, Language, and Learning / Bonnie B. Spanier. Advocacy and Neutrality: A Contradiction in the Discourse of Urban Planners / Louise Dunlap -- Writing in the Disciplines: A Prospect / Anne Herrington and Charles Moran |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-259) and index |
| Subject |
Academic writing -- Study and teaching.
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English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching.
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Interdisciplinary approach in education.
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Language arts -- Correlation with content subjects.
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| Author |
Herrington, Anne, 1948-
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Moran, Charles, 1936-
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| LC no. |
92008756 |
| ISBN |
0873525779 |
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0873525787 (paperback) |
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