College English Nov 2009

Opinion: Composition Studies Saves the World!

Patricia Bizzell

Abstract

Challenging the thesis of Stanley Fish’s recent book Save the World on Your Own Time, the author argues that political awareness was vital to the development of a productive basic writing pedagogy, and that composition teachers can responsibly work from their own political values in the classroom.

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College English
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2009-11-01
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10.58680/ce20098987
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