Baleful Signs

The author of more than one article has asserted in these pages that a goal of studying composition is to transcend the natural orality of the untrained intellect. Keith Whitaker hereby turns that around. While he allows the salutary effect of patterning one's prose after the great works of our...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Academic questions 2002-09, Vol.15 (3), p.46-52
1. Verfasser:	Whitaker, Albert Keith
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Academic Achievement Active Learning Authors College campuses Colleges & universities Critical Thinking Curricula Editing Editors Education Emotional Response English Instruction English language Freshman Composition Goal Orientation Greek language Higher Education Imitation Judgment Learning Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Outcomes of Education Reading Habits Rhetoric Seminars Small Schools Speeches Students Teachers Teaching Teaching Methods Thinking Skills Translation Universities Writing Writing (Composition) Writing Across the Curriculum Writing Instruction Writing Skills Writing Teachers Written Language
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Zusammenfassung:	The author of more than one article has asserted in these pages that a goal of studying composition is to transcend the natural orality of the untrained intellect. Keith Whitaker hereby turns that around. While he allows the salutary effect of patterning one's prose after the great works of our civilization, he cites Socrates and the Bible to argue that ubiquitous college writing courses do more to stifle thought than to stimulate it. (Contains 33 notes.)
ISSN:	0895-4852 1936-4709
DOI:	10.1007/s12129-002-1007-1