Rural Literacies identifies the problems inherent in trying to understand rural literacy, addresses the lack of substantive research on literacy in rural areas, and reviews traditional misrepresentations of rural literacy. This innovative volume frames debates over literacy in relation to larger social, political, and economic forces, such as the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act on rural schools and the effects of out-migration, globalization, and the loss of small family farms on rural communities. Drawing upon traditional literacy and composition research and employing...
Rural Literacies identifies the problems inherent in trying to understand rural literacy, addresses the lack of substantive research on literac...
"Teaching/Writing in Thirdspaces: The Studio Approach "examines a dynamic approach to teaching composition that reimagines not only the physical space in which writing and learning occurs but also the place occupied by composition in the power structure of universities and colleges.
In response to financial and programmatic cutbacks at the University of South Carolina in the 1990s, authors Rhonda C. Grego and Nancy S. Thompson used their academic backgrounds in composition and English education, along with their personal histories in working-class families, to look at compositional...
"Teaching/Writing in Thirdspaces: The Studio Approach "examines a dynamic approach to teaching composition that reimagines not only the physical sp...
This is a book about the American Dream as it has become embodied in the university in general and in the English department in particular, writes James Ray Watkins at the start of "A Taste for Language: Literacy, Class, and English Studies." In it, Watkins argues that contemporary economic and political challenges require a clear understanding of the identity of English studies, making elementary questions about literacy, language, literature, education, and class once again imperative.
A personal history of university-level English studies in the twentieth century, "A Taste for...
This is a book about the American Dream as it has become embodied in the university in general and in the English department in particular, writes...
Writer s block is more than a mere matter of discomfort and missed deadlines; sustained experiences of writer s block may influence academic success and career choices. Writers in the business world, professional writers, and students all have known this most common and least studied problem with the composing process. Mike Rose, however, sees it as a limitable problem that can be precisely analyzed and remedied through instruction and tutorial programs.
Rose defines writer s block as an inability to begin or continue writing for reasons other than a lack of skill or commitment,...
Writer s block is more than a mere matter of discomfort and missed deadlines; sustained experiences of writer s block may influence academic succes...
While there have been several studies of writing programs at larger, baccalaureate institutions, the community college classroom has often been overlooked. Authors Howard Tinberg and Jean-Paul Nadeau fill this gap with "The Community College Writer," a systematic and unique case study of first semester writing students at a community college. Drawing on surveys, interviews, and samples of classroom assignments, Tinberg and Nadeau use their research at one community college to reach out to instructors throughout the nation, fostering communication between community college faculty members in...
While there have been several studies of writing programs at larger, baccalaureate institutions, the community college classroom has often been overlo...