Eureka, I Have Found It: Writing Teachers as Enablers of Discovery In the process of writing there is not one sure fire method that will work for every writer. Some writers need to plan and organize their thoughts while other…
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Commentary Number Eight
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Commentary Eight Avoid the Straightjacket In the article “Imagining Educational Research? On the Uses of Fiction in Autobiographical Narrative Inquiry,” Allison Pryer makes the point that the use of the “memoir,” as an educational tool, is valid. She gives good…
Commentary Week Ten
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Commentary Week Ten Western Supremacy and Composition In this week’s reading I believe there are two central issues. The first issue is related to the elitist attitudes of the “Western” world and the approach the West takes to view…
Commentary Week Nine
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Commentary Week Nine Composition Wars Now I know why there is a split between the English purists (composition teachers) and ESL teachers. Teaching English composition is a culturally esteemed position. This issue is directly related, in my opinion, to Kenneth…
Commentary Week Ten
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Mike Calou Commentary Week Ten Panopticism The reading this week reminds me of the power structure within the classroom. Using Foucault’s analysis of Jeremy Bentham’s 1785 panopticon model the tower represents the teacher. The principle of visible and verifiable power,…
Commentary Week Eight
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Mike Calou Commentary Week Eight The boy who seen the light I was torn by conflicting ideas when I finished reading the Tom Fox article “Basic Writing As Cultural Conflict.” One part of me thinks that teaching writing, particularly at…
Mid-Term Responses
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Mike Calou Mid-Term Responses Question 4. Brenda Jo Brueggemann’s writes about existing in the hyphenated world between participant and researcher. She candidly struggles with her part in the process and the cohabitation of both roles. Unfortunately, by occupying the hyphen,…
The Rise of Composition Theory
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Mike Calou Commentary Week Number Seven 4-1-09 The Rise of Composition Theory “Yessssssssss!!!” Said with an image of Napoleon Dynamite in my mind. Finally, we are starting to read, and eventually discuss, the process of teaching writing. Don’t get me…
The Loss of the Student
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Mike Calou Commentary Number Six 3-31-09 The Loss of the Student Now I know I’m starting to lose it. When I read Walker Percy’s “The Loss of the Creature” I immediately thought of an article I had just read about…
Mid-Term Response
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Mike Calou Mid-term Question Set A: The relationship between the study of rhetoric and the development of virtue or an ethical sense has been debated since classical times. Discuss how views of this relationship have changed over time, or compare…