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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In my view — and this will become clear enough — Dewey's ideas about education are far more radical than they are represented to be by his foes and friends alike . While my project here is not to defend Dewey's political reputation ...
In my view — and this will become clear enough — Dewey's ideas about education are far more radical than they are represented to be by his foes and friends alike . While my project here is not to defend Dewey's political reputation ...
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We struggle , together , to keep the ideas ( and even the names ) straight : expressivism , cognitivism , current - traditional ( currenttraditional ? ) , social construction , cultural studies , critical pedagogy .
We struggle , together , to keep the ideas ( and even the names ) straight : expressivism , cognitivism , current - traditional ( currenttraditional ? ) , social construction , cultural studies , critical pedagogy .
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Instead , he offered to workshop the idea as if I had yet to put pen to paper . I told him my coach's story as I remembered ... talking about the piece , ideas started rushing into my head . I left Chris's office feeling confident that ...
Instead , he offered to workshop the idea as if I had yet to put pen to paper . I told him my coach's story as I remembered ... talking about the piece , ideas started rushing into my head . I left Chris's office feeling confident that ...
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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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