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1 online resource (xi, 208 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-203) and index. |
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Working from a point of principle -- Looking backward -- Framing the public imagination -- Changing conversations about writing and writers: working through a process -- Taking action to change stories -- Working from my own points of principle : Tikkun Olam, prophetic pragmatism, and writing program administration. |
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"One wonders if there is any academic field that doesn't suffer from the way it is portrayed by the media, by politicians, by pundits and other publics. How well scholars in a discipline articulate their own definition can influence not only issues of image but the very success of the discipline in serving students and its other constituencies. The Activist WPA is an effort to address this range of issues for the field of English composition in the aftermath of No Child Left Behind and the Spellings Commission. Drawing on recent developments in framing theory and the resurgent traditions of progressive organizers, Linda Adler-Kassner calls upon composition teachers and administrators to develop strategic programs of collective action that do justice to composition's best principles. Adler-Kassner argues that the "story" of college composition can be changed only when writing scholars bring the wonders down, to articulate a theory framework that is pragmatic and intelligible to those outside the field--and then create messages that reference that framework. In The Activist WPA, she makes a case for developing a more integrated vision of outreach, English education, and writing program administration."--Publisher's description. |
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Study of univ writing programs. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
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English. |
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English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching. |
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United States. |
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Report writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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Report writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) |
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Writing centers -- Administration.
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Writing centers -- Administration. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Council of Writing Program Administrators (U.S.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Adler-Kassner, Linda. Activist WPA. Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, ©2008 9780874217001 0874217008 (DLC) 2007051418 (OCoLC)184822178 |
| ISBN |
9780874217001 (electronic book) |
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0874217008 (electronic book) |
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9780874216998 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0874216990 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0874216990 |
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9780874216998 |
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9780874216998 |
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