Something Old, Something New: College Writing Teachers and Classroom Change

by Wendy Bishop and Professor Wendy Bishop B.A. M.A. Ph.D.

How do college writing teachers learn new ways to teach? Most current composition research focuses almost exclusively on student writers, ignoring the role the teacher plays in classroom development. Here is the first book to focus on college writing teachers and the ways in which they are affected by graduate rhetoric pedagogy courses.

Wendy Bishop observed teachers enrolled in a doctoral seminar, titled "Teaching Basic Writing," and then...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809316013
• ISBN13: 9780809316014
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 7.9"