The activist WPA, changing stories about writing and writers, Linda Adler-Kassner
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The activist WPA, changing stories about writing and writers, Linda Adler-Kassner
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-203) and index
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The activist WPA
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dictionariesbibliography
Oclc number
609416203
Responsibility statement
Linda Adler-Kassner
Sub title
changing stories about writing and writers
Summary
"One wonders if there is any academic field that doesn't suffer from the way it is portrayed by the media, by politicians, by pundits and other publics. How well scholars in a discipline articulate their own definition can influence not only issues of image but the very success of the discipline in serving students and its other constituencies. The Activist WPA is an effort to address this range of issues for the field of English composition in the aftermath of No Child Left Behind and the Spellings Commission. Drawing on recent developments in framing theory and the resurgent traditions of progressive organizers, Linda Adler-Kassner calls upon composition teachers and administrators to develop strategic programs of collective action that do justice to composition's best principles. Adler-Kassner argues that the "story" of college composition can be changed only when writing scholars bring the wonders down, to articulate a theory framework that is pragmatic and intelligible to those outside the field--and then create messages that reference that framework. In The Activist WPA, she makes a case for developing a more integrated vision of outreach, English education, and writing program administration."--Publisher's descriptionStudy of univ writing programs
Table Of Contents
Working from a point of principle -- Looking backward -- Framing the public imagination -- Changing conversations about writing and writers: working through a process -- Taking action to change stories -- Working from my own points of principle : Tikkun Olam, prophetic pragmatism, and writing program administration
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- REFERENCE + Writing Skills
- EDUCATION + Higher
- Writing centers + Administration
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES + Rhetoric
- Electronic books
- Report writing + Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
- English language + Rhetoric + Study and teaching
- English language
- United States
- English language + Rhetoric + Study and teaching -- United States
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES + Composition & Creative Writing
- Report writing + Study and teaching (Higher)
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- REFERENCE + Writing Skills
- EDUCATION + Higher
- Writing centers + Administration
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES + Rhetoric
- Electronic books
- Report writing + Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
- English language + Rhetoric + Study and teaching
- English language
- United States
- English language + Rhetoric + Study and teaching -- United States
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES + Composition & Creative Writing
- Report writing + Study and teaching (Higher)
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