Whose goals? Whose aspirations? learning to teach underprepared writers across the curriculum
Ever since Horace Mann promoted state supported schooling in the 1850s, the aims of U.S. public education have been the subject of heated national debate. Whose Goals? Whose Aspirations? joins this debate by exploring clashing educational aims in a discipline-based university classroom and the c...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Logan :
Utah State University Press
c2002.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009432628306719 |
| Sumario: | Ever since Horace Mann promoted state supported schooling in the 1850s, the aims of U.S. public education have been the subject of heated national debate. Whose Goals? Whose Aspirations? joins this debate by exploring clashing educational aims in a discipline-based university classroom and the consequences of these clashes for ""underprepared"" writers.In this close-up look at a White middle-class teacher and his ethnically diverse students, Fishman and McCarthy examine not only the role of Standard English in college writing instruction but also the underlying an |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (238 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-220) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781283266987 9786613266989 9780874214741 |
| Acceso: | Open Access |
