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Brueggemann Commentary #3

Maria Shreve Dr. DeVries English 5870 March 10, 2009               After reading “Stiff-Life Representations and Silences in the Participant-Observer Role” by Brenda Joe Brueggeman, I was surprised at how the essay pulled at my heartstrings, so to speak, particularly…

Ray- Commentary Week 3

Maria Shreve English 5870 Dr. DeVries March 3, 2008               Up until this class, I really haven’t thought about teacher-research, per se.  While I was getting my teaching credential years ago, we did observations, but the observations were more…

Week 2 – Harris Chap 1

Maria Shreve Dr. DeVries English 5870 February 24, 2009 In the introduction of Rewriting, Joseph Harris, discusses exactly how intellectuals write in response to text, that is, the work of others. (1) He states that it simply is not enough…