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Computers and the Teaching of Writing in American Higher Education, 1979-1994

A History

Gail E Hawisher author Cynthia L Selfe author Charles Moran author Paul LeBlanc author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:1st Jan '95

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This book is a history composed of histories. Its particular focus is the way in which computers entered and changed the field of composition studies, a field that defines itself both as a research community and as a community of teachers. This may have a somewhat sinister suggestion that technology alone has agency, but this history (made of histories) is not principally about computers. It is about people-the teachers and scholars who have adapted the computer to their personal and professional purposes. From the authors' perspectives, change in technology drives changes in the ways we live and work, and we, agents to a degree in control of our own lives, use technology to achieve our human purposes. REVIEW: . . . This book reminds those of us now using computers to teach writing where we have been, and it brings those who are just entering the field up to date. More important, it will inform administrators, curriculum specialists, and others responsible for implementing the future uses of technology in writing instruction. - Computers and Composition

ISBN: 9781567502510

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 680g

376 pages