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51. Reinventing Curriculum

    A Complex Perspective on Literacy and Writing

    By Linda Laidlaw

    In this book, Linda Laidlaw explores the questions: What happens when children begin to write? Why is it that the teaching and practice of writing seems at times to be difficult in schools? How might teachers work differently to create more inviting spaces for developing literacy? The premise is...

    Published April 5th 2005 by Routledge
52. Composition in Convergence

    The Impact of New Media on Writing Assessment

    By Diane Penrod

    Composition in Convergence: The Impact of New Media on Writing Assessment considers how technological forms--such as computers and online courses--transform the assessment of writing, in addition to text classroom activity. Much has been written on how technology has affected writing, but...

    Published February 23rd 2005 by Routledge
53. Visual Thinking, Online Documentation, and Hypertext

    A Special Issue of Technical Communication Quarterly

    Edited by Craig Baehr, John Logie

    This special issue addresses new approaches to developing Web sites, hypertext, and other forms of online documentation, and considers how the changing nature of hypertext requires us to adopt new development strategies that follow how readers act and interact in a highly visual-spatial medium. The...

    Published February 10th 2005 by Routledge
54. Defining Visual Rhetorics

    Edited by Charles A. Hill, Marguerite Helmers

    Images play an important role in developing consciousness and the relationship of the self to its surroundings. In this distinctive collection, editors Charles A. Hill and Marguerite Helmers examine the connection between visual images and persuasion, or how images act rhetorically upon viewers....

    Published February 16th 2004 by Routledge
55. The State of Technical Communication in Its Academic Context: Part I

    A Special Issue of Technical Communication Quarterly

    Edited by Carolyn Rude

    Several recent developments in the history of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW) and Technical Communication Quarterly (TCQ) led to this special issue on the state of technical communication in its academic context. This issue focuses on the work of the association as it helps...

    Published February 16th 2004 by Routledge
56. Demythologizing Language Difference in the Academy

    Establishing Discipline-Based Writing Programs

    By Mark Waldo

    In this volume, Mark Waldo argues that writing across the curriculum (WAC) programs should be housed in writing centers and explains an innovative approach to enhancing their effectiveness: focus WAC on the writing agendas of the disciplines. He asserts that WAC operation should reflect an academy...

    Published November 30th 2003 by Routledge
57. Writing Groups Inside and Outside the Classroom

    Edited by Beverly J. Moss, Nels P. Highberg, Melissa Nicolas

    Series: International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) Press Series

    This unique collection considers the nature of writing groups inside and outside the academic environment. Exploring writing groups as contextual literacy events, editors Beverly J. Moss, Nels P. Highberg, and Melissa Nicolas bring together contributors to document and reflect on the various types...

    Published November 30th 2003 by Routledge
58. Philosophy, Rhetoric, and the End of Knowledge

    A New Beginning for Science and Technology Studies, 2nd Edition

    By Steve Fuller, James H. Collier

    In this second edition of Steve Fuller's original work Philosophy, Rhetoric, and the End of Knowledge: A New Beginning for Science and Technology Studies, James Collier joins Fuller in developing an updated and accessible version of Fuller's classic volume. The new edition shifts focus slightly to...

    Published October 31st 2003 by Routledge
59. Rhetorical Democracy

    Discursive Practices of Civic Engagement

    Edited by Gerard Hauser, Amy Grim

    This collection presents theoretical, critical, applied, and pedagogical questions and cases of publics and public spheres, examining these contexts as sources and sites of civic engagement. Reflecting the current state of rhetorical theory and research, the contributions arise from the 2002...

    Published September 30th 2003 by Routledge
60. Electronic Collaboration in the Humanities

    Issues and Options

    Edited by James A. Inman, Cheryl Reed, Peter Sands

    This volume provides an informed view of how information technology is shaping the contemporary humanities. It specifically reflects five ideals:*humanities scholars with all levels of access are doing important work with technology;*humanities scholars' projects with technology reflect significant...

    Published August 31st 2003 by Routledge