| A Composition of Consciousness: Roads of Reflection from Freire and Elbow Contributor(s): Steinberg, Shirley R. (Editor), Kincheloe, Joe L. (Editor), Perry, Patricia H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820441678 ISBN-13: 9780820441672 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $41.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric - Philosophy - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language |
| Dewey: 808.042 |
| LCCN: 98-36824 |
| Series: Counterpoints |
| Physical Information: 221 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The premise of this book is that teachers of writing will never make any significant strides in the teaching and learning of writing until pervasive, inhibiting, and misinformed views about writing are transformed in the consciousness of people from the home and classroom to the office and boardroom. Dr. Perry delves into the nature of consciousness, the epistemologies of predominant teaching approaches, and some heretofore undervalued phenomenological foundations and similarities between the pedagogies and praxes of Paulo Freire and Peter Elbow. As a way to begin to address the continuing writing crisis, Dr. Perry proposes a teaching approach - a composition of consciousness - that targets and transforms inhibiting views about writing and promotes the creation of productive writing knowledge. |