Radical Departures: Composition and Progressive PedagogyAddresses the position of composition in the academy; the current political climate, with its calls for standardized testing and accountability; the uneasy relationships between faculty in English and English education departments; and the (lack of) cooperation between postsecondary compositionists and P-12 language arts teachers. |
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The point of education , Dewey urged , is to engage students in social practices , not to pour “ knowledge into a mental and moral hole which awaits filling ” ( Democracy 51 ) . For Dewey , as for other pedagogical progressives ...
The point of education , Dewey urged , is to engage students in social practices , not to pour “ knowledge into a mental and moral hole which awaits filling ” ( Democracy 51 ) . For Dewey , as for other pedagogical progressives ...
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Community English asked students to engage directly the community of which the school was a part ; it was an early version of what we today call community service learning . Cooke , for instance , asked his high school students to write ...
Community English asked students to engage directly the community of which the school was a part ; it was an early version of what we today call community service learning . Cooke , for instance , asked his high school students to write ...
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Similarly , Ellen Cushman argues that when academics engage in “ service work ” outside the academy , we must become learners as well as teachers — we must engage in pedagogy rather than missionary work . Instead of viewing service as a ...
Similarly , Ellen Cushman argues that when academics engage in “ service work ” outside the academy , we must become learners as well as teachers — we must engage in pedagogy rather than missionary work . Instead of viewing service as a ...
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Contents
Composition as a Progressive Enterprise | 10 |
The Conservative Restoration as Administrative | 40 |
Another Progressivism | 70 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Radical Departures: Composition and Progressive Pedagogy Refiguring English studies, ISSN 1073-9637 Ripley P. Bullen Series |
| Author | Chris W. Gallagher |
| Publisher | National Council of Teachers of English, 2002 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 5 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0814138160, 9780814138168 |
| Length | 247 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Writing / General |
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