Practicing Writing: The Postwar Discourse of Freshman English - Softcover

Masters, Thomas M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0822961571 ISBN 13: 9780822961574

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004

Synopsis

Practicing Writing examines a pivotal era in the history of the most ubiquitous-and possibly most problematic-course in North American colleges and universities: the requireAd first-year writing course generally known as ";freshman English.";Thomas Masters's focus is the mid-twentieth century, beginning with the returning waves of World War II veterans attending college on the GI Bill. He then traces the education reforms that took place in the late 1950s after the launch of Sputnik and the establishment of composition as a separate discipline in 1963. This study draws upon archives at three midwestern schools that reflect a range of higher education options: Wheaton, a small, sectarian liberal arts college; Northwestern, a large private university; and Illinois, a large public university.Practicing Writing gives voice to those whose work is often taken for granted or forgotten in other studies of the subject: freshman English students and

About this title

About the Author

Thomas M. Masters, an instructor in the School of Education at DePaul University, has led local educators' associations, administered a writing center, developed interdisciplinary programs, and taught composition, literature, speech, and media studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0822961571
• ISBN 13: 9780822961574
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272