Local Knowledges, Local Practices : Writing in the Disciplines at Cornell

ISBN-13: 9780822959618 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 320 str.

Jonathan Monroe

Opis

Cornell University has stood at the forefront of writing instruction, at least since the publication of William Strunk and E. B. White s classic, "The Elements of Style," in 1918. For the past thirty years Cornell has been the site of a remarkably sustained and successful interdisciplinary approach to writing across the curriculum - a program that now coordinates nearly two hundred courses each semester sponsored by over thirty different departments.

"Local Knowledges, Local Practices" provides an overview of Cornell s rich history and distinguished achievements in training students to write well. Including the views of professors representing a variety of disciplines - from animal science to political science, anthropology to philosophy, romance studies to neurobiology - this collection will serve as a resource for anyone interested in broadly conceived, discipline-specific writing instruction."