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055		0	_aPE1405 C3 _bC65 1994
090			_aPE1405.C3 _bC65 1994
245	0	0	_aContextual Literacy : _bWriting Across the Curriculum / _cedited by Catherine F. Schryer, Laurence Steven.
260			_aWinnipeg : _bInkshed Publications, _c1994.
300			_avi, 177 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references: p. [158]-172.
505			_a"The [...] following chapters emerge from a collective concern about writing, especially writing across the curriculum (WAC), in the Canadian university context and about whether the concepts embedded within the terms "contextual literacy" serve to facilitate or illuminate the enterprise of teaching writing. [...]
505			_aThe teaching of writing in Canada, for several historical reasons, is a marginalized activity, especially in English departments. This marginalization is at work, for example, in Frank Davey's recent comments that during periods of fiscal restraint English departments ought to cut composition courses since such courses are peripheral ("Cuts here have no effect on the range of texts we teach"), students ought to acquire writing skills in high schools, and individual disciplines should teach their own discourse to heir own students. The authors collected here fundamentally disagree with Davey's attitude to students and literacy. He uses the language of remediation to blame students for perceived inadequacies and fails to recognize that the entire university (even the English department) is responsible for teaching students advanced forms of literacy. However, many contributors to this volume acknowledge his point that non-English disciplines do need to take responsibility for teaching these advanced forms of literacy to their students. It is the unreflective and perhaps uncritical way that such writing is taught that is disturbing.
505			_aThe heart of the debate lies in the two terms "contextual" and "literacy" and their connections to "writing across the curriculum"" (Introduction, p. 1-2)
505			_aCONTENTS:
505			_aIntroduction / Catherine Schryer and Laurence Steven
505			_aContextual Literacy: Discourse Community as Socializing Force _t1. Writing Across the Curriculum: History and Future / Elaine P. Maimon (Queen's College/CUNY) _t2. Determining Writing Standards for Civil Engineering Students: The Implications for Writing Across the Curriculum / Marie Dowler (Ryerson Polytechnical Institute) _t3. Revision, Context and Acculturation: A Case Study of Two Neophyte Academic Physicians / Ruth Greenberg (Jeffferson Community College) _t4. Genre as Community Invention / Graham Smart (Bank of Canada)
505			_aContextual Literacy: A Many-Sided Critique _t5. In the Box: Students' Attitudes to Academic Writing / Margaret Procter (Erindale College) _t6. WAC and Institutional Change / John Lundy (Nipissing University) _t7. The Institutionalization of WAC at York University / Mary-Louise Craven, James Brown, and John Spencer (York University) _t8. Limited Literacies: English Instruction in Ontario's Community Colleges / Kim Fedderson (Lakehead University)
505			_aToward a Contextual and Critical Literacy _t9. Writing Across the Disciplines: Where Do We Go from Here? / Joseph Comprone (Arizona State University) _t10. Beyond the Cure-all/Scapegoat Axis: The English Department and WAC / Laurence Steven (Laurentian University) _t11. A Consultancy Model of Research for Literacy and Writing Across the Curriculum Researchers / Catherine Schryer (University of Waterloo) _t12. A Workshop: Knowledge in the Making in Writing: English, and Other Content Courses / Russell A. Hunt and James A. Reither (St. Thomas University)
505			_aBibliography
505			_aIndex
650		0	_aEnglish language _xRhetoric _xStudy and teaching (Higher) _zCanada.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xStyle _xStudy and teaching (Higher) _zCanada.
650		0	_aInterdisciplinary approach in education.
700	1		_aSchryer, Catherine F. _q(Catherine Foy)
700	1		_aSteven, Laurence
856			_uhttp://www.inkshedpress.ca/books.html _zPublisher's Website.
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