A Short history of writing instruction : from ancient Greece to modern America
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A Short history of writing instruction : from ancient Greece to modern America
Hermagoras Press, an imprint of L. Erlbaum Associates, c2001
2nd ed
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
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  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
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  United Kingdom
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  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-313) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume provides a systematic historical survey of the methods and purposes of writing instruction in Western culture. The book traces the development of writing curricula from the earliest stages in ancient Greece to the standardization processes of the Roman period which dominated Western schools up to the 18th century. The next major sections outline the shift away from inherited European methods and the emergence of many competing purposes and methods in contemporary America.
While some other studies look at particular time periods or at certain issues, this book covers the entire development of writing instruction over a period of 2,500 years up to the present day. The longitudinal approach used enables the reader to track the recurrence over time of not only specific teaching methods but also such major issues as social purpose, writing as power, the effect of technologies, the rise of vernaculars, and writing as a force for democratization. The book concludes with 10 suggestions for further research to deepen understanding of the history of writing instruction.
Table of Contents
Contents: J.J. Murphy, Introduction. R.L. Enos, Ancient Greek Writing Instruction. J.J. Murphy, The Key Role of Habit in Roman Writing Instruction. C.D. Lanham, Writing Instruction From Late Antiquity to the Twelfth Century. M.C. Woods, The Teaching of Poetic Composition in the Later Middle Ages. D.P. Abbott, Rhetoric and Writing in the Renaissance. L. Ferreira-Buckley, W.B. Horner, Writing Instruction in Great Britain: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. E.A. Wright, S.M. Halloran, From Rhetoric to Composition: The Teaching of Writing in America to 1900. C.L. Hobbs, J.A. Berlin, A Century of Writing Instruction in School and College English. J.J. Murphy, Epilogue.
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