Frank Aydelotte and the Oxford approach to English studies in America, 1908-1940
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Frank Aydelotte and the Oxford approach to English studies in America, 1908-1940
University Press of America, c2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-175) and index
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Description
Using a biographical approach, this book examines Frank Aydelotte's enduring contributions to English studies in America and the various social, cultural, educational, and personal forces that shaped his pedagogy. Educated at Harvard and Indiana, Aydelotte's seminal experience was becoming a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford in 1904. While at Oxford University, he experienced a system of teaching writing that he found superior to the Harvard formalism that dominated many American English departments at the time. This comprehensive work explores the three curriculums developed by Aydelotte: the 'thought' approach to composition developed at Indiana University, the technical communication curriculum developed at MIT, and the influential Honor's Program developed at Swarthmore College.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 I. Introduction Chapter 3 II. Education in American and Britain Chapter 4 III. Developing the Thought Approach at Indiana, 1908-1915 Chapter 5 IV. The Oxford Approach at MIT, 1915-1921 Chapter 6 V. The Oxford Approach and Honors Education at Swarthmore, 1921-1940 Chapter 7 VI. Conclusion Chapter 8 Bibliography Chapter 9 Index Chapter 10 About the Author
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