| Reason to Believe: Romanticism, Pragmatism, and the Teaching of Writing Contributor(s): Roskelly, Hephzibah (Author), Ronald, Kate (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791437965 ISBN-13: 9780791437964 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $32.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1998 Annotation: Explores current theories of teaching and demonstrates that English studies can benefit from the work of 19th-century American romanticism and pragmatism, both of which affirm the possibility of growth and development. The book argues eloquently for the importance of hope and relies extensively for its theoretical underpinnings on the influential writings of Cornel West and Paulo Freire. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General |
| Dewey: 808.042 |
| LCCN: 97-44192 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.91" W x 8.95" (0.62 lbs) 187 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Reason to Believe is about teaching and the possibility of making positive change in education. The authors explore the way that American pragmatism and the rhetoric of North American romanticism work together to create a method for restoring hope to teachers and responsiveness to the systems they work within. What the book calls romantic/pragmatic rhetoric offers teachers a way to locate the roots of their beliefs and methods, to name them, and thus to act to change and challenge systems that have become in William James' phrase tyrannical machines. |
