The end of composition studies
By: David W. Smit ; with a foreword by Doug Hesse.
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- United States; Report writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
Description: "In this treatise, David W. Smit calls for an end to the hegemony of writing instruction as an academic field. Setting forth an innovative new model for what it means to be a writing teacher in the era of writing across the curriculum, The End of Composition Studies urges a reconceptualization of graduate work in rhetoric and composition, systematically critiques the limitations of current pedagogical practices at the post-secondary level, and proposes a reorganization of writing instruction to make it the responsibility of all academic units."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-243) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is writing and writing ability?; title: Learning to write; title: How we compose; title: Writing as a social practice; title: Writing and thinking; title: Transfer; title: What is writing instruction and why is it so problematic?; title: What does it mean to be a writing teacher?; title: A r/evolutionary program; title: Furthering the r/evolution.