Going north thinking west: the intersections of social class, critical thinking, and politicized writing instruction
Date
2010
Authors
Peckham, Irvin, author
Utah State University Press, publisher
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Abstract
A long-time writing program administrator and well-respected iconoclast, Irvin Peckham is strongly identified with progressive ideologies in education. However, in Going North Thinking West, Peckham mounts a serious critique of what is called critical pedagogy - primarily a project of the academic left - in spite of his own sympathies there. College composition is fundamentally a middle-class enterprise, and is conducted by middle-class professionals, while student demographics show increasing presence of the working class. In spite of best intentions to ameliora.
Description
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rights Access
Access is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.
Subject
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Social aspects -- United States
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Political aspects -- United States
Critical thinking -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
Working class -- Education (Higher) -- United States
Social classes -- United States