Computers and the Teaching of Writing in American Higher Education, 1979-1994 - A History

This book is a history composed of histories. Its particular focus is the way in which computers entered and changed the field of composition studies, a field that defines itself both as a research community and as a community of teachers. This may have a somewhat sinister suggestion that technology alone has agency, but this history (made of histories) is not principally about computers. It is about people-the teachers and scholars who have adapted the computer to their personal and professional purposes. From the authors' perspectives, change in technology drives changes in the ways we live and work, and we, agents to a degree in control of our own lives, use technology to achieve our human purposes. REVIEW: . . . This book reminds those of us now using computers to teach writing where we have been, and it brings those who are just entering the field up to date. More important, it will inform administrators, curriculum specialists, and others responsible for implementing the future uses of technology in writing instruction. - Computers and Composition

List of contents

Preface
Introduction: Writing a History of Computers and Composition Studies
1979-1982: The Professions Early Experience with Modern Technology
1983-1985: Growth and Enthusiasm
1986-1988: Emerging Research, Theory, and Professionalism
1989-1991: Coming of Age: The Rise of Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives and a Consideration of Difference
1992-1994: Looking Forward
Afterword
Author Index
Subject Index

About the author

Gail E. Hawisher, Paul LeBlanc, Charles Moran, Cynthia L. Selfe

Product details

• Authors: Gail Hawisher, Hawisher Gail E., Paul Leblanc, LeBlanc Paul, Charles Moran, Moran Charles, Selfe Cynthia L.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1995
• EAN: 9781567502527
• ISBN: 978-1-56750-252-7
• No. of pages: 363
• Weight: 510 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Language learning: writing skills, Writing skills, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc, Current Events and Issues: Education