A Conflict of Paradigms: Social Epistemology and the Collapse of Literary EducationA Conflict of Paradigms provides a historical analysis of literary education following the trend of radical pedagogy introduced in the 1980s. Rebecca K. Webb thoroughly sets the ground for debate by focusing equally on the advocates of radical pedagogy and the setbacks encountered in practice. Higher education has encountered a crisis as the humanitarian ideology of a liberal education conflicts with the corporatization of the university. Presenting theory with great clarity, Webb fully addresses many problems and contradictions faced in today's classroom, including the emphasis on teaching skills related to the professional world rather than critical thinking and the institutionalization of Romantic individualism in the humanities curriculum. Thorough and controversial, A Conflict of Paradigms is essential reading for educators and students of education, cultural studies, and English literature. Book jacket. |
Contents
Social Epistemology and English Studies Education | 1 |
Institutionalized Romantic Humanism and the Modern Student of Literature | 15 |
From Romantic Humanist to Postmodernist Pedagogy How the Alien Becomes Normative in Contemporary Education | 31 |
Postmodern Identity Politics vs the Romanticized Autonomous Student | 47 |
Postmodern Pedagogy vs the Vocationalization of Education | 57 |
Critical Theory Pedagogy and The Postmodern Student of English Dialogic Critical Pedagogy as Intervention and Liberation | 69 |
Taking Dialogic Critical Pedagogy Into the Classroom The Story of an Evolving Pedagogy | 83 |
Conclusion | 107 |
Samples of Online Student Discourse English 104 Fall 1998 Writing Assignment 7 | 119 |
English 110 Masterpieces of British Literature Summer 2000 Writing Assignments | 123 |
English 110 Masterpieces of British Literature Summer 2000 Final Exam and Sample Student Writing | 133 |
Student Survey of the Discourse Communities in the English 104 Introduction to Literature Drama and Poetry Course for Spring 2000 | 141 |
Syllabus and Sample Assignments for the Developmental Basic Reading and Composition Course | 143 |
Marias Essays from Developmental Basic Reading and Composition Courses | 147 |
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Samples of Online Student Discourse English 104 Fall 1998 Writing Assignment 5 | 113 |
Samples of Online Student Discourse English 104 Fall 1998 Writing Assignment 1 | 115 |
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