[Teaching_Composition] Irv, Hairston, and Citation
Irvin Peckham
teaching_composition@mailman.eppg.com
Sat, 7 Oct 2006 22:08:35 -0500
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Thanks, Kathy
That's the Hairston I remember.
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From: teaching_composition-admin@mailman.eppg.com
[mailto:teaching_composition-admin@mailman.eppg.com] On Behalf Of Kathy
Fitch
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 7:56 PM
To: teaching_composition@mailman.eppg.com
Subject: [Teaching_Composition] Irv, Hairston, and Citation
I like this bit from Hairston:
<< It's a model that puts dogma before diversity, politics before craft,
ideology before critical thinking, and the social goals of the teacher
before the educational needs of the student. It's a regressive model that
undermines the progress we've made in teaching writing, one that threatens
to silence student voices and jeopardize the process-oriented, low-risk,
student-centered classroom we've worked so hard to establish as the norm.
It's a model that doesn't take freshman English seriously in its own right
but conceives of it as a tool, something to be used. The new model
envisions required writing courses as vehicles for social reform rather than
as student-centered workshops designed to build students' confidence and
competence as writers.>>
Rather than casting students as too fragile to encounter new ideas, she's
building a case for making student writing the cynosure of the composition
classroom. It's a big stretch to construe her as dismissive of students-a
ridiculously bigger one to cast her as promoting racial stereotyping. I
can't seem to work up even a smidge of fear over her arguing in favor of
making student writing the source for practicing, illustrating, and
reinforcing writing skills-and this even though I don't think student
writing necessarily needs to be the only kind of text ever encountered in
FYC.
I saw a whole lot of flying straw, there.
Anyway, I think the _Chronicle_ article appeared on January 23, 1991, if
that helps.
Kathy
Kathy Fitch
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
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Hairston:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><< It’s a model that puts dogma =
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diversity, politics before craft, ideology before critical thinking, =
and the=20
social goals of the teacher before the educational needs of the =
student. =20
It’s a regressive model that undermines the progress we’ve =
made in teaching=20
writing, one that threatens to silence student voices and jeopardize =
the=20
process-oriented, low-risk, <SPAN =
class=3Dgrame>student</SPAN>-centered=20
classroom we’ve worked so hard to establish as the norm. =
It’s a model=20
that doesn’t take freshman English seriously in its own right =
but conceives of=20
it as a tool, something to be used. The new model envisions =
required=20
writing courses as vehicles for social reform rather than as =
student-centered=20
workshops designed to build students’ confidence and competence =
as=20
writers.>><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Rather than casting students as too fragile =
to=20
encounter new ideas, she’s building a case for making student =
writing the=20
cynosure of the composition classroom. It’s a big stretch =
to construe=20
her as dismissive of students—a ridiculously bigger one to cast =
her as=20
promoting racial stereotyping. I can’t seem to work up =
even a smidge of=20
fear over her arguing in favor of making student writing the source =
for=20
practicing, illustrating, and reinforcing writing skills—and =
this even though=20
I don’t think student writing necessarily needs to be the only =
kind of text=20
ever encountered in FYC.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I saw a whole lot of flying straw,=20
there.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Anyway, I think the _<I><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-STYLE: italic">Chronicle</SPAN></I>_ article appeared on =
January=20
23, 1991, if that helps.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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