Talking, Sketching, Moving: Multiple Literacies in the Teaching of Writing

by Patricia A. Dunn

Book Overview

College composition is failing on three counts: we are not using all available means of helping students realize and use the power of written text; we are relying too much on linguistic pathways; and we are not taking full advantage of what students can teach us about other ways of knowing. In short, we're excluding people. Talking, Sketching, Moving offers a better alternative. Patricia Dunn makes the case for a writing pedagogy that draws upon multiple...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0867095709
• ISBN13: 9780867095708
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary