Tag: history
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week 7; historical approaches
Fulkerson and Berlin explore writing instruction, grading challenges, and the evolving role of rhetoric and its difficulties in education.
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week 3: the idea of genre
Discussed is genre and how that both limits and benefits society. It is necessary but also needs to be loose enough to allow for writers to explore.
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Pettygogy: In Defense of Writing
Pedagogy has evolved — but for worse. A new era of education has emerged, and it is hurting students’ most fundamental skill — writing.
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Rejecting the Monster Sandwich Outline
This blog post discusses my beginning-of-the-semester thoughts regarding how we teach writing and who is most suitable for teaching it.
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Engaged Pedagogies- bell hooks
bell hooks outlook on progressive pedagogies. She discusses how teachers need to be able to self actualize, eliminate fear, and being open.
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Composition Approach Roots
Roots of approach to composition and rhetoric are based on philosophical attitudes. The way these attitudes mesh creates a strong connection.
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Assessing Writing and Literature: How do we approach it?
Assessment has been around for centuries and has helped writers and students alike to assist in and receive personal feedback in what they struggle with.
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Getting meaning from others meanings who got meanings from others meanings…
Can any of our creative projects be original if we got their inspiration from other text who were inspired by other texts
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Writing for Meaning
Writing words shows just how many different meanings can come from one word. And each language expands on that word. That gives meaning to our writing.
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Rhetoric (Can’t Raise the Dead)
Rhetoric as a concept is itself fluid, having a definition that has changed innumerable times over the course of history.