This book provides a practical understanding of the growth of composition studies as a field of study. A Teaching Subject: Composition Since 1966 provides a highly readable outline of the major trends in composition theory and teaching since 1966 as a means of explaining the origins of current attitudes towards teaching college writing. It also presents a direct connection between recent advances in theory and new practices in the classroom. Appropriate for any reader who wishes a better understanding of the current trends in teaching English composition.
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This book provides a practical understanding of the growth of composition studies as an academic field of study for both new teachers and experienced theorists and historians of composition studies.
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This book provides a practical understanding of the growth of composition studies as a field of study. A Teaching Subject: Composition Since 1966 provides a highly readable outline of the major trends in composition theory and teaching since 1966 as a means of explaining the origins of current attitudes towards teaching college writing. It also presents a direct connection between recent advances in theory and new practices in the classroom. Appropriate for any reader who wishes a better understanding of the current trends in teaching English composition.
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Joe Harris teaches creative nonfiction and digital writing at Duke University. He also likes dogs, movies, chess, and minor league baseball. See http://josephdharris57.wordpress.com/ for more.
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This is a book that is a good starting place for students of comp/rhet. It gives a fairly accurate feel for the discussion of the last 37 years and introduces the major voices of the comp/rhet movement.That being said, I have to note that it is one of the dullest reads I've encountered in a very long time. Harris spends so much time detailing every voice and every argument since 1966 that he loses the energy that is evident in the writings of authors such as Elbow or Hacker or Bean. This is really too bad, because comp/rhet studies is a challenging and growing field that more writing students and teachers of writers should be aware of---if for no other reason that it impacts the whole system of learning to write.
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