William Shakespeare is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language. His plays are some of the most widely recognized stories and are read by most students at some point in their school careers. He wrote…
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Research Proposal: Incorporating Language Diversity into Composition Pedagogy
by lmarik • • 2 Comments
Basic Writing and ESL composition have been criticized as pigeon-holing non-elite students, keeping them from advancing as quickly in academics, and making it more difficult for them to compete with the economically and politically more advantaged social classes. Historically, calls for…
Responses
by Joel • • 6 Comments
Joel Manfredi Responses to Commentary #3 Dr. De Vries I read most of the responses to what we thought of Brueggemann’s article concerning her work at Gallaudet University, and I must say that I agree with what most…
Commentary #3
by nweidner • • 1 Comment
Brenda Jo Brueggeman “Still-Life Representations and Silences in the Participant Observer Role” Brenda Jo elicits some very thought provoking questions. She follows in the footsteps of Foucault questioning “what does it matter who is speaking.” She questions the space…
Commentary #3, Brueggemann
by mgarcia5 • • 2 Comments
Commentary #3: Brueggemann Maria J. Garcia- 3/10/09 Brenda Jo Brueggemann’s article touched a nerve for me; I really felt a sense of her struggle as she candidly wrote up her experience as a participant-observer of deaf (Deaf) writing students at Gallaudet University…
Commentary 3
by Amble • • 1 Comment
“What difference, I ask, does it make who researches, who writes about, who represents ‘subjects’ in composition research? And what difference does it make how these subjects are represented?” As Brueggemann began her dissertation research, she believed herself a distant…
Commentary Three
by Mike • • 2 Comments
Mike Calou Commentary Three Still Life: Representations and Silences in the Participant-Observer Role In this article the author, Brenda Brueggemann, writes a narrative about her experience doing ethnographic research at a deaf college, Gallaudet University. The author discusses…
Commentary 3: Brueggemann – Really Scary
by fsnowden • • 2 Comments
The Brueggemann piece fascinates me because she transforms into reality the nightmares I have had about embarking on anything resembling an ethnographic study. I’ve always imagined myself on the other side of that research, say as a subject like Anna,…
Commentary 3
by tbell • • 2 Comments
Tina Bell 5870 Dr. De Vries 10 March 2009 Commentary 3 Two weeks ago in the 5870 class we were discussing an issue similar to the one presented in Brenda Jo Brueggemann’s article, “Ethics and Representation in Qualitative…
Commentary #3 Brueggemann
by Keri • • 2 Comments
“Still-Life: Representations and Silences in the Participant Observer Role” Brenda Jo Bruggemann This article presented an interesting and negative approach to ethnographic research. I use the word negative because the researcher seems dissatisfied with her work even though it…