Whose goals? Whose aspirations? : : learning to teach underprepared writers across the curriculum / / Stephen M. Fishman, Lucille McCarthy.
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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| Year of Publication: | 2002 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (238 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | 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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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-220) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283266989 9786613266989 0874214742 |
| Access: | Open Access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Stephen M. Fishman, Lucille McCarthy. |