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Writing in the Academic Disciplines, Second Edition: A Curricular History
David R. Russell
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Description for Writing in the Academic Disciplines, Second Edition: A Curricular History
Paperback. A history of the writing-across-the-curriculum movement. This second edition provides a comprehensive history of writing instruction outside general composition courses in American secondary and higher education from the 1870s through to the 1980s. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; CBW; CJCW; HBT; JNLC; JNM; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 503.
To understand the ways students learn to write, we must go beyond the small and all too often marginalized component of the curriculum that treats writing explicitly and look at the broader, though largely tacit traditions students encounter in the whole curriculum, explains David R. Russell, in the introduction to this singular study. The updated edition provides a comprehensive history of writing instruction outside general composition courses in American secondary and higher education, from the founding of public secondary schools and research universities in the 1870s, through the spread of the writing-across-the-curriculum movement in the 1980s, through the WAC efforts ... Read more
To understand the ways students learn to write, we must go beyond the small and all too often marginalized component of the curriculum that treats writing explicitly and look at the broader, though largely tacit traditions students encounter in the whole curriculum, explains David R. Russell, in the introduction to this singular study. The updated edition provides a comprehensive history of writing instruction outside general composition courses in American secondary and higher education, from the founding of public secondary schools and research universities in the 1870s, through the spread of the writing-across-the-curriculum movement in the 1980s, through the WAC efforts ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809324675
SKU
V9780809324675
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About David R. Russell
David R. Russell is a professor of English at Iowa State University, where he teaches rhetoric and professional communication. He has published many articles on writing across the curriculum and has coedited Landmark Essays on Writing Across the Curriculum, a special issue of Mind, Culture, and Activity, and Writing and Learning in Cross-National Perspective: Transitions from Secondary to Higher Education. ... Read more
Reviews for Writing in the Academic Disciplines, Second Edition: A Curricular History
Writing in the Academic Disciplines is fascinating reading. The research is thorough and detailed. Along with contemporary and historical articles and books about writing instruction, Russell reviews and quotes from articles and books written by educators at the time, from college catalogs, and from personal reports of instruction. The personal accounts add human interest to the historical analysis, and the ... Read more