Opinion: Composition Studies Saves the World

Challenging the thesis of Stanley Fish’s recent book Save the World on Your Own Time , the author argues that political awareness was vital to the development of a productive basic writing pedagogy, and that composition teachers can responsibly work from their own political values in the classroom....

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Published inCollege English Vol. 72; no. 2; pp. 174 - 187
Main Author Bizzell, Patricia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Urbana National Council of Teachers of English 01.11.2009
Subjects
Academic Discourse
Academic Language
Anthologies
Cognitive Development
College English
College students
Colleges & universities
Essays
Freire, Paulo (1921-1997)
Higher Education
Native languages
Persuasion
Political correctness
Reading Skills
Reflection
Rhetoric
Social Justice
Teachers
Writing (Composition)
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ISSN0010-0994
2161-8178
DOI10.58680/ce20098987

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Summary:Challenging the thesis of Stanley Fish’s recent book Save the World on Your Own Time , the author argues that political awareness was vital to the development of a productive basic writing pedagogy, and that composition teachers can responsibly work from their own political values in the classroom.
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ISSN:0010-0994
2161-8178
DOI:10.58680/ce20098987