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Quintilian
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 includes also the character of the true orator, as he cannot speak well unless... »
Emergence of Writing as a Key Player
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 of as being a small item that needs to be fixed in the freshman... »
As English Departments Change So Must Change the Writing Teacher
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 literature studies to rhetoric and composition studies. I agree with this assessment and I... »
Multicultural Hermeneutics – Commentary
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” and dispel several common myths regarding Chinese rhetoric held by Western scholars and rhetoricians. ... »
Wk 3/CM#2
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 between the student and the teacher in order for the learning process to happen. Fundamentally, the student must have faith in the... »
Commentary 2
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 is that each community, each school, and even each individual classroom with its own... »
Commentary #2 — Ruth Ray
“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 perpetuate the notion that the in-the-trenches teachers should just do their job, like good “laborers”... »
Commentary 2
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 to become what they were meant to be- the creators of knowledge as well... »
Commentary #2
Joel Manfredi 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 research is being done. I believe her argument is that teacher-researchers have a different outlook on what they are researching... »