Whose Goals? Whose Aspirations?: Learning to Teach Underprepared Writers across the Curriculum
- WAC, Student Writing, history of writing, culture, Race, Society
By Stephen M. Fishman and Lucille McCarthy
Ever since Horace Mann promoted state supported schooling in the 1850s, the aims of U.S. public education have been the subject of heated national debate. Whose Goals? Whose Aspirations? joins this debate by exploring clashing educational aims in a discipline-based university classroom and the consequences of these clashes for "underprepared" writers. In this close-up look at a White middle-class teacher and his ethnically diverse students, Fishman and McCarthy examine not only the role of Standard English in college writing instruction but also the underlying and highly charged issues of multiculturalism, race cognizance, and social class.
Table of Contents
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Chapter 1. Introduction: A Kaleidoscope of Conflict
Chapter 3. Conflicting Discourses: Teacher and Student Making Progress in a Racialized Space
Chapter 5. Conclusion: Sorting Conflict, Weaving Hope
Appendix B. Writing Assignments in Intro to Philosophy
Appendix C. Class Reflection Log (CRL) Questions
Appendix D. Writing Assignments in Philosophy of Education
Appendix E. Triple-Entry Notetaking
Publication Information: Fishman, Stephen M. & Lucille, McCarthy. (2002). Whose Goals? Whose Aspirations? Learning to Teach Underprepared Writers Across the Curriculum. Utah State University Press. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/usupress_pubs/138
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