We had the pleasure last year of Skyping with Bartholomae and talking with him a little bit about this article and his work in general, which can be found here. *** Although I’ve read it a couple times before, it was interesting to re-read Bartholomae immediately after Shaughnessy because he seems to be reiterating similar…… Continue reading Inventing the University
Errors and Expectations is one of those books that I feel like I know really well (because it’s so strongly situated in the field) but had never read past the introduction. I was surprised to see how much of what Shaughnessy was saying about basic writing (BW) students was still relevant 35 years later—minus more…… Continue reading Errors and Expectations: A Guide for the Teacher of Basic Writing
I’ve been researching the rhetorical constructions of Asperger Syndrome, and when I approached this week’s readings for Comp Histories/Theories, I saw a theme emerging from Shaughnessy, Lu, and Rose that addressed the development of the “remedial” student. The frustrations that revolve around basic writing courses—that students are so far behind or that they cannot succeed within…… Continue reading Rhetorical Constructions of Remediation
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