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What is Peripheral Visions for Writing Centers about?
Cover 1 Title Page, Copyright, Dedication 2 Contents 8 Acknowledgments 10 1. Introduction: Cognitive Dissonance 14 2. Story Vision 23 3. Writing Centers Are Cozy Homes 33 4. Writing Centers Are Iconoclastic 48 5. Writing Centers Tutor (All Students) 70 6. Conclusion: The End of the Story or the End of the Center? 94 Appendix: Survey Results 105 References 151 Index 160 About the Author 164 Publisher:Utah State University Press,Published:2013,ISBN:9780874219166,Related ISBN:9780874219159,Language:English,OCLC:827947268 Peripheral Visions for Writing Centers aims to inspire a re-conception and re-envisioning of the boundaries of writing center work. Moving beyond the grand narrative of the writing center—that it is solely a comfortable, yet iconoclastic place where all students go to get one-to-one tutoring on their writing—McKinney shines light on other representations of writing center work.McKinney argues that this grand narrative neglects the extent to which writing center work is theoretically and pedagogically complex, with ever-changing work and conditions, and results in a straitjacket for writing center scholars, practitioners, students, and outsiders alike. Peripheral Visio
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- Author
- Grutsch McKinney, Jackie
- Publisher
- Utah State University Press
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780874219166
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Language
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