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- Researching first-year student learning and “self- directed” revision.
- Creator
- Schattinger, Linzi, Hinshaw, Wendy, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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This thesis is designed to invite scholars, writers, and teachers of rhetoric and composition pedagogy to re-evaluate the revision process as a means of inspiring and supporting first-year writers to become acquainted with their “writer’s voice.” This study explores students’ resistance towards revision and argues that recognizing and developing revision habits will help students revise independently. Self-directed revision not only strengthens a writer’s ability to engage in the writing...
Show moreThis thesis is designed to invite scholars, writers, and teachers of rhetoric and composition pedagogy to re-evaluate the revision process as a means of inspiring and supporting first-year writers to become acquainted with their “writer’s voice.” This study explores students’ resistance towards revision and argues that recognizing and developing revision habits will help students revise independently. Self-directed revision not only strengthens a writer’s ability to engage in the writing process more astutely, but it is also a fundamental component to the self-identification process from which the writer draws inspiration. This thesis is structured into four main sections: (1) Introduction, referring to aim and methodology; (2) Chapter 1, addressing the importance of “self-directed” revision; (3) Chapter 2, a case study presenting first-year student responses to writing and revision; (4) Conclusion, discussing the relevance of implementing a strategic and shared value approach to first-year composition revision assignments.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2015
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004407, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004407
- Subject Headings
- Authhorship, Creative writing, English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching, Self identity (Psychology), Writing -- Psychological aspects
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Writing nation(s): A trans-Atlantic analysis of academic writing instruction.
- Creator
- Cirillo-McCarthy, Erica., Florida Atlantic University, Galin, Jeffrey R.
- Abstract/Description
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Only recently have US scholars looked at the rest of the world to see how other countries deal with the writing classroom, mainly because many other countries did not have a writing program or academic writing classes. However, the formation of the European Union (EU), particularly in 1992, brought about specific political and educational integration between member countries. The formation of the EU has changed the composition of the classroom in most continental European countries. In the US...
Show moreOnly recently have US scholars looked at the rest of the world to see how other countries deal with the writing classroom, mainly because many other countries did not have a writing program or academic writing classes. However, the formation of the European Union (EU), particularly in 1992, brought about specific political and educational integration between member countries. The formation of the EU has changed the composition of the classroom in most continental European countries. In the US, the effects of globalization in our classroom will change composition studies. Bringing in perspectives from countries that are dealing with globalization in a different manner will further the focus and research in the field. Government intervention, language barriers, student involvement, and multi-disciplinary influences continue to shape composition studies. By examining these issues in both national and international context, we can anticipate the results of a cross-national pedagogical exchange.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2006
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13374
- Subject Headings
- Academic writing--Criticism and interpretation, English language--Cross-cultural studies, English language (Rhetoric)--Study and teaching
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Festine Lente.
- Creator
- O'Daly, Barbara Hosie, Mitchell, Susan, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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The creative idea of this thesis did not start with a definitive theme. Instead, an appreciation of the modern Irish poets inspired the process. A creative endeavor has translated a bricolage of unconscious memories into a dream like flow of language. The visualization of dreams and the exploration of language measured in words, has become my muse. I like to let language shape itself from a visual realization inside the creative process and to whittle through words to breathe life into the...
Show moreThe creative idea of this thesis did not start with a definitive theme. Instead, an appreciation of the modern Irish poets inspired the process. A creative endeavor has translated a bricolage of unconscious memories into a dream like flow of language. The visualization of dreams and the exploration of language measured in words, has become my muse. I like to let language shape itself from a visual realization inside the creative process and to whittle through words to breathe life into the asynchronous sound of dreams. Most of this reconstruction is drawn from dormant memories. The journey has allowed me to dig down as if in an archeological site (of the mind) and use language in arbitrary words that come to express a subjective meaning. Transposing this to a more objective meaning will often result in an analytic conclusion. These conclusions are personal observations stemming from the root of the first flash of memory. The title suggests movement in a slow pattern that is often the way dreams occur. The result makes the journey that more imperative to reach a conclusion. At moments there is a repetition of the words, and that is what gives the bricolage substance if not theme. The journey has offered me a personal gift of time to slow down and grasp the essence of life. It is my hope that the reader will join my metaphorical caravan to find a dig of one's own in this creative language.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000943
- Subject Headings
- Irish poetry--Criticism and interpretation, English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching, Creative writing (Higher education)
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Ecoqueer: Moving Beyond Ecocomposition's Heteronormative Binaries.
- Creator
- Hoover, Megan L., Barrios, Barclay, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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An examination of ecocomposition reveals that despite being careful to embrace all humans, it is still operating from a heterononnative standpoint. This perspective has led to an exclusion of gay male writers from its place-based approach to the study of the production of writing. By including the work of gay nature writer James Schuyler, the boundaries of ecocomposition are expanded to include yet another way of moving beyond restrictive cultural dualisms. Schuyler's work shows that...
Show moreAn examination of ecocomposition reveals that despite being careful to embrace all humans, it is still operating from a heterononnative standpoint. This perspective has led to an exclusion of gay male writers from its place-based approach to the study of the production of writing. By including the work of gay nature writer James Schuyler, the boundaries of ecocomposition are expanded to include yet another way of moving beyond restrictive cultural dualisms. Schuyler's work shows that definitions of masculinity need to be expanded to include gay males, and also highlights how sexual identity and setting interact to produce various interpretations of the self in one's writing. An expansion of ecocomposition results in a truly liberatory theory and pedagogy, one that encourages interactions that promote of all kinds of writing by all kinds of writers.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000929
- Subject Headings
- Human ecology in literature, Literature, Modern--Criticism and interpretation, Environmental literature--Authorship--21st century, Homosexuality and literature--United States, English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--Social aspects--United States
- Format
- Document (PDF)