The figure of the student in composition textbooks
Salvatori M.R.; Donahue P.
2010
Teaching with Student Texts: Essays Toward an Informed Practice
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In this essay, we examine the ways in which students and student writing are represented and positioned within composition textbooks and consider the pedagogical, theoretical, and ethical implications of such practices. Let us state at the outset that our process of textbook selection was rather haphazard (no "canon" of textbooks exists, and perhaps that is a good thing). We looked at textbooks on our shelves and those on the shelves of our colleagues. Since we teach at different kinds of institutions-a research university and a small liberal arts college-this afforded some range. We asked colleagues for recommendations. This criterion of availability made our task simpler, as did a criterion of modernity, which justified our looking only at textbooks published after 1949. (Fortunately, a considerable amount of excellent historical work on early textbooks is available.). © 2010 by Utah State University Press. All Rights Reserved.
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