Balancing acts : essays on the teaching of writing in honor of William F. Irmscher / edited by Virginia A. Chappell, Mary Louise Buley- Meissner, Chris Anderson.

Format Book
Publication InfoCarbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1991.
Descriptionxi, 199 pages : portrait ; 23 cm
Subjects
Irmscher, William F.
English language--Rhetoric. --Study and teaching.

Other author/creatorIrmscher, William F.
Other author/creatorChappell, Virginia A.
Other author/creatorBuley-Meissner, Mary Louise.
Other author/creatorAnderson, Chris, 1955-
Contents Balancing ax : efficiency and struggle in English 101 / Kurt Spellmeyer -- The description of an embarrassment : when students write about religion / Chris Anderson -- Rhetorics of the self / Mary Louise Buley-Meissner -- Teaching like a reader instead of reading like a teacher / Virginia A. Chappell -- Talking about writing and writing about talking : pragmatics in the composition classroom / Kathleen Doty -- Mutual friends : what teachers can learn from students and what students can learn from teachers / Edward P.J. Corbett -- Critical reflection, change, and the practice of a theory of composition / Christine R. Farris -- Practicing theory/theorizing practice / Anne Ruggles Gere -- A balanced survey course in writing / Richard Lloyd-Jones -- Designing for change in a writing-across-the-curriculum program / Richard Young -- Teaching as an act of unknowing / Charles I. Schuster -- He takes the teaching of writing seriously : a bibliography of works by William F. Irmscher / Richard Tracey.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 90036155
ISBN0809316382 (alk. paper)
ISBN0809316390 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PE1404 .B25 1991 ✔ Available Place Hold