Activist WPA, The Changing Stories About Writing and Writers /

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One wonders if there is any academic field that doesn't suffer from the way it is portrayed by the media, by politicians, by pundits and other publics. How well scholars in a discipline articulate their own definition can influence not only issues of image but the very success of the discipline...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Adler-Kassner, Linda
Körperschaft:
Council of Writing Program Administrators (U.S.)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Logan, Utah : Utah State University, University Libraries 2008
Utah State University Press, 2008.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
One wonders if there is any academic field that doesn't suffer from the way it is portrayed by the media, by politicians, by pundits and other publics. How well scholars in a discipline articulate their own definition can influence not only issues of image but the very success of the discipline in serving students and its other constituencies. The Activist WPA is an effort to address this range of issues for the field of English composition in the age of the Spellings Commission and the No Child Left Behind Act. Drawing on recent developments in framing theory and the resur
Umfang:
1 online resource (224 pages)
text file
Also available in print form.
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-203) and index.
ISBN:
9780874217001
0874217008
Zugangseinschränkungen:
Open access
Schlagworte:
Writing centers > Administration.
Report writing > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.
English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching > United States.
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