| Description |
1 online resource (250 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction; Part I : Listening; 1. The Simplistic Argumentative Essay; 2. Cognitive Development and Learning Theory; 3. "It is the Privilege of Wisdom to Listen"; 4. Toward a Pedagogy of Listening; 5. Teaching Listening and the Reflective Essay; 6. Revolution; Part II: Motivation; 7. "A Lifelong Aversion to Writing": What If Writing Courses Emphasized Motivation?; Part III: Habits of Mind; 8. Dispositional Characteristics; 9. An Open Letter to First-Year High School Students (including a College Readiness Checklist); Conclusion |
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Appendix 1: Reading Guide for "Sonny's Blues" by James BaldwinAppendix 2: Reading Guide for "Patterns of Culture" Assignment; Appendix 3: "Only Quotations" Reading Guide; Appendix 4: Sample Self-Authorship Essay; Appendix 5: Sample First-Year Composition "Patterns of Culture" Essay; Acknowledgments; References; About the Author; Index |
| Summary |
In A New Writing Classroom, Patrick Sullivan provides a new generation of teachers a means and a rationale to reconceive their approach to teaching writing, calling into question the discipline's dependence on argument. Including secondary writing teachers within his purview, Sullivan advocates a more diverse, exploratory, and flexible approach to writing activities in grades six through thirteen. A New Writing Classroom encourages teachers to pay more attention to research in learning theory, transfer of learning, international models for nurturing excellence in the classroom, and recent wo |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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Listening -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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Report writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0874219434 |
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0874219442 |
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9780874219432 |
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9780874219449 |
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