[Teaching_Composition] Critical vs Radical

[Doug Downs]

Why is it okay for history teachers to teach students what to think but
not okay for writing teachers to?

By which I mean, history teachers teach students what to think about
history; writing teachers should teach students what to think about
writing, yes?  I mean, people who specialize in researching about
writing and discourse have found out an awful lot about how writing
works and how texts get the way they are; it seems reasonable to teach
this knowledge to students.

So perhaps we teach students what to think about writing, and teach
toward thinking about other subjects?
Cheers --
Doug



Dr. Doug Downs
Asst. Professor, Composition & Rhetoric
Writing Program Coordinator
Dept. of English and Literature
Utah Valley State College
800 W University Pkwy, Orem UT 84058
LA 114w
801-863-8572
>>> "Kathy Fitch" <kfitch@kafkaz.net> 10/03/06 3:09 PM >>>
Teaching toward thinking and teaching what to think are not, I think,
the same.