Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics
|
Buy Now
Why They Can't Write - Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities (Paperback)
Loot Price: R546
Discovery Miles 5 460
|
|
Why They Can't Write - Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities (Paperback)
(sign in to rate)
Loot Price R546
Discovery Miles 5 460
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
An important challenge to what currently masquerades as
conventional wisdom regarding the teaching of writing. There seems
to be widespread agreement that—when it comes to the writing
skills of college students—we are in the midst of a crisis. In
Why They Can't Write, John Warner, who taught writing at the
college level for two decades, argues that the problem isn't caused
by a lack of rigor, or smartphones, or some generational character
defect. Instead, he asserts, we're teaching writing wrong. Warner
blames this on decades of educational reform rooted in
standardization, assessments, and accountability. We have done no
more, Warner argues, than conditioned students to perform
"writing-related simulations," which pass temporary muster but do
little to help students develop their writing abilities. This style
of teaching has made students passive and disengaged. Worse yet, it
hasn't prepared them for writing in the college classroom. Rather
than making choices and thinking critically, as writers must,
undergraduates simply follow the rules—such as the five-paragraph
essay—designed to help them pass these high-stakes assessments.
In Why They Can't Write, Warner has crafted both a diagnosis for
what ails us and a blueprint for fixing a broken system. Combining
current knowledge of what works in teaching and learning with the
most enduring philosophies of classical education, this book
challenges readers to develop the skills, attitudes, knowledge, and
habits of mind of strong writers.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.