| Writing from the Margins: Power and Pedagogy for Teachers of Composition Contributor(s): Hill, Carolyn Ericksen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195066375 ISBN-13: 9780195066371 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $118.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1990 Annotation: Too often both composition teachers and their students experience knowledge and authority as unchanging entities that cannot be challenged in classroom exchanges. Drawing on feminist, cultural, and poststructuralist theory, as well as work in the rhetorical tradition and composition studies, Hill offers less debilitating methods of thinking that teachers can model for their students. Richly illustrated with examples of classroom interactions and student work, the book also shows teachers how to enrich their own intellectual and political lives within the academy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - Composition - Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching |
| Dewey: 808.042 |
| LCCN: 89036615 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.55" W x 8.27" (0.84 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Too often both composition teachers and their students experience knowledge and authority as unchanging entities that cannot be challenged in classroom exchanges. Drawing on feminist, cultural, and poststructuralist theory, as well as work in the rhetorical tradition and composition studies, Hill offers less debilitating methods of thinking that teachers can model for their students. Richly illustrated with examples of classroom interactions and student work, the book also shows teachers how to enrich their own intellectual and political lives within the academy. |