In my opinion Quintilian’s rhetoric covers three aspects: the theoretical, the educational, and the practical. He agrees on the theory of rhetoric with other rhetoricians “that oratory is the science of speaking well, for it embraces all the virtues, and…
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Emergence of Writing as a Key Player
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Writing programs have waited a long time to be considered as important as Literature studies. Many faculty who have taught writing have been nontenurable track employees because writing is considered the low man on the totem pole. Writing is thought…
As English Departments Change So Must Change the Writing Teacher
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The face of the English department is changing. Rhetoric and writing are replacing literature as the department mainstay. According to Marc Bousquet there has been a decline in tenure track English teaching positions due in part to a shift from…
Multicultural Hermeneutics – Commentary
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In both the Introduction and Chapter One, Xing Lu lays the groundwork for a historically based portrayal of classical Chinese rhetoric. Before she can present her argument, however, she must first draw the reader’s attention to the notion of “Orientalism”…
Wk 3/CM#2
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Adam Russell Professor DeVries English 5870 1 May 2009 Week #3/Commentary #2 The Distribution of Power in the Classroom The successful teacher understands that the learning process is something that never ends. However, a power relationship should exist…
Commentary 2
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Ruth Ray focuses on the context of the classroom and the community when talking about effective teacher research. University research that deals in mass generalizations and standardized testing does little to help in teaching students. The main reason for this…
Commentary #2 — Ruth Ray
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“Compositions from the Teacher-Research Point of View” by Ruth Ray I found that Ray’s article suggests that teacher research is looked down upon by the currently accepted field of university researchers. Why? I offer that the ruling ideology has to…
Commentary 2
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As an active consultant for the Great Valley Writing Project and the National Writing Project, I will not hesitate to say that for me Ruth Ray’s article is like “the shot heard around the world.” It is time for teachers…
Commentary #2
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Joel Manfredi buy cheap essays English 5870 Dr. Devries Commentary #2 In “Composition from the Teacher-Research Point of View,” Ruth Ray seems to put a value on who is doing the research in classrooms as opposed to what…