The Politics of Writing Instruction: Postsecondary

Bys: Charles I Schuster and John Trimbur

Noted composition scholars such as James Berlin, Louise Wetherbee Phelps, Robert Connors, Anne Ruggles Gere, Susan Miller, and James Slevin discuss the realities of composition as a discipline in the eighteen essays presented in The Politics of Writing Instruction: Postsecondary . They survey the history of composition teaching and scholarship; the implications of feminist theory on writing programs and practices; hiring and firing in English departments; the politics of research in composition and writing program design; writing across the curriculum, writing assessment, and basic writing; and the cultural attitudes and imperatives that define and circumscribe literacy education and the teaching of writing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0867092726
• ISBN13: 9780867092721
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: Heinemann
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary