Trauma and the Teaching of Writing

Book Overview

Analyzing their own responses to national traumas, writing teachers question both the purposes and pedagogies of teaching writing.

Deepening and broadening our understanding of what it means to teach in times of trauma, writing teachers analyze their own responses to national traumas ranging from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to the various appropriations of 9/11. Offering personal, historical, and cultural perspectives, they question both the purposes and pedagogies of teaching writing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791462781
• ISBN13: 9780791462782
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher