An anthology of essays on general writing skills instruction, or GWSI. The book focuses on the gap between the theory and practice that has emerged as a result of the field's growing professionalization.
An anthology of essays on general writing skills instruction, or GWSI. The book focuses on the gap between the theory and practice that has emerged as...
In the first paragraphs of this volume, the author writes of an authenticity paradox: arguing that the purported real-worldedness of a learning environment, technique or task is so rhetorically potent that educators frequently call attention to it in pedagogical conversations to legitimize their undertakings, while at the same time, terms such as real-world and authentic do not require (and even resist) precise delineation.
In the first paragraphs of this volume, the author writes of an authenticity paradox: arguing that the purported real-worldedness of a learning enviro...