Local knowledges, local practices : writing in the disciplines at Cornell / Edited by Jonathan Monroe

Contributor(s):

Monroe, Jonathan, 1954- [editor]

Language: eng Series: Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culturePublication details: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006Description: xvi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:

9780822959618
0822959615

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

808/.042

LOC classification:

PE 1405 L811 2006

Contents:

Local knowledges, local practices : an introduction / Jonathan Monroe -- TAs and the teaching of writing at Cornell : a historical perspective / Katherine Gottschalk -- Writing without friction / Keith Hjortshoj -- Finding places for writing in a research university : a director's view / Harry E. Shaw -- Writing animals / Elizabeth Oltenacu -- Exoticizing the familiar : familiarizing the exotic / Jane Fajans -- "You can make a difference" : human rights as the subject matter for a first-year writing seminar / Billie Jean Isbell -- Writing from (field) experience / Kathryn S. March -- The invisible city of color, or "I thought this was a course on writing!" / William W. Goldsmith -- Writing in cognitive science : exploring the life of the mind / Michael J. Spivey -- Freshman rhetoric and media literacy / Paul Sawyer -- Toward a community of inquiry : teaching Cornell advanced placement students / Daniel R. Schwarz -- Teaching writing about international relations / Matthew Evangelista -- Writing political science : asking a question then (actually) answering it / Mary Fainsod Katzenstein -- The politics of writing / Rose McDermott -- Translation and appropriation in foreign language and writing classrooms / John Whitman -- Writing religion at Cornell (reflections of a penitent professor) / Ross Brann -- Teaching behavioral ecology through writing / Paul W. Sherman -- Cultivating dialectical imagination / Jennifer E. Whiting -- Writing (not drawing) a blank / Marilyn Migiel -- Writing as a sociologist / Michael Macy -- Afterword : Writing writing / Jonathan Monroe.

Summary: This work provides an overview of Cornell's rich history and achievements in training students to write well. It should serve as a resource for anyone interested in broadly conceived, discipline-specific writing instruction

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	PE 1405 L811 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000140333

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-292) and index.

Local knowledges, local practices : an introduction / Jonathan Monroe --
TAs and the teaching of writing at Cornell : a historical perspective / Katherine Gottschalk --
Writing without friction / Keith Hjortshoj --
Finding places for writing in a research university : a director's view / Harry E. Shaw --
Writing animals / Elizabeth Oltenacu --
Exoticizing the familiar : familiarizing the exotic / Jane Fajans --
"You can make a difference" : human rights as the subject matter for a first-year writing seminar / Billie Jean Isbell --
Writing from (field) experience / Kathryn S. March --
The invisible city of color, or "I thought this was a course on writing!" / William W. Goldsmith --
Writing in cognitive science : exploring the life of the mind / Michael J. Spivey --
Freshman rhetoric and media literacy / Paul Sawyer --
Toward a community of inquiry : teaching Cornell advanced placement students / Daniel R. Schwarz --
Teaching writing about international relations / Matthew Evangelista --
Writing political science : asking a question then (actually) answering it / Mary Fainsod Katzenstein --
The politics of writing / Rose McDermott --
Translation and appropriation in foreign language and writing classrooms / John Whitman --
Writing religion at Cornell (reflections of a penitent professor) / Ross Brann --
Teaching behavioral ecology through writing / Paul W. Sherman --
Cultivating dialectical imagination / Jennifer E. Whiting --
Writing (not drawing) a blank / Marilyn Migiel --
Writing as a sociologist / Michael Macy --
Afterword : Writing writing / Jonathan Monroe.

This work provides an overview of Cornell's rich history and achievements in training students to write well. It should serve as a resource for anyone interested in broadly conceived, discipline-specific writing instruction

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