A Guide to Composition Pedagogies

by Tate, Gary; Rupiper, Amy; Schick, Kurt

• ISBN13: 9780195125368
• ISBN10: 0195125363
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-06
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Reflecting the rich complexity of contemporary college composition pedagogy, this unique collection presents twelve original essays on several of the most important approaches to the teaching of writing. Each essay is written by an experienced teacher/scholar and describes one of the majorpedagogies employed today: process, expressive, rhetorical, collaborative, feminist, critical, cultural studies, community service, and basic writing. Writing centers, writing across the curriculum, and technology and the teaching of writing are also discussed. The essays are composed of personalstatements on pedagogical applications and bibliographical guides that aid students and new teachers in further study and research. Contributors include Christopher Burnham, William A. Covino, Ann George, Diana George, Eric H. Hobson, Rebecca Moore Howard, Susan C. Jarratt, Laura Julier, SusanMcLeod, Charles Moran, Deborah Mutnick, Lad Tobin, and John Trimbur. An invaluable tool for graduate students and new teachers, A Guide to Composition Pedagogies provides an exceptional introduction to composition studies and the extensive range of pedagogical approaches used today.

Table of Contents

Preface	vi
Process Pedagogy	1	(18)
Lad Tobin
Expressive Pedagogy: Practice/Theory, Theory/Practice	19	(17)
Christopher Burnham
Rhetorical Pedagogy	36	(18)
William A. Covino
Collaborative Pedagogy	54	(17)
Rebecca Moore Howard
Cultural Studies and Composition	71	(21)
Diana George
John Trimbur
Critical Pedagogy: Dreaming of Democracy	92	(21)
Ann George
Feminist Pedagogy	113	(19)
Susan C. Jarratt
Community-Service Pedagogy	132	(17)
Laura Julier
The Pedagogy of Writing Across the Curriculum	149	(16)
Susan McLeod
Writing Center Pedagogy	165	(18)
Eric H. Hobson
On the Academic Margins: Basic Writing Pedagogy	183	(20)
Deborah Mutnick
Technology and the Teaching of Writing	203	(22)
Charles Moran
Contributors	225	(4)
Author Index	229	(7)
Title Index	236	(14)
Subject Index	250