Uses for Journal Keeping - An Ethnography of Writing in a University Science Class

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
JOURNAL WRITING AS A SOCIOPOLITICAL PROCESS
Journal-Keeping
The Social and Institutional Contexts of Writing
The Uses of Writing Across the Curriculum
PROCEDURES: REFLEXIVITY IN CLASSROOM COMPOSITION
Research Methodological Background: Reflexivity in Ethnography
Finding a Topic
Identifying Problems
Finding a Setting
Entering the Setting
Collecting Data
Inscribing
Interpreting Journal-Keeping in "Spaceship Earth"
JOURNAL KEEPING AND CLASSROOM ACTIVITY IN "SPACESHIP EARTH"
The Journal Assignment: Responding the Weber's Expectations
Classroom Functions of Journal-Keeping
THE SOCIOPOLITICS OF JOURNAL KEEPING IN "SPACESHIP EARTH": TWO STUDENTS
Beth: Goals for Journal-Keeping in "Spaceship Earth"
Beth's History as a Student and Writer: Learning a Rhetoric of Role-Playing
Beth's "Spaceship Earth" Journal: Negotiating Her Approach
Tina's Goals for the Assignment
Tina's History: Using Writing to Learn about Science
Tina's "Spaceship Earth" Journal: Negotiating a Useful and "Suitable" Approach
THE SOCIOPOLITICS OF JOURNAL KEEPING IN "SPACESHIP EARTH": THE PROFESSOR
Assigning Writing in "Spaceship Earth"
Carl's Expectations for the Journal: Making Connections
Carl's History as a Writer and Teacher: Developing Expertise in Informing and Persuading His Audiences
Putting Ideology into Practice
Managing the Class
Addressing Institutional Expectations
An Effective Compromise?
A POSTSCRIPT AND SOME CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
Postscript
Concluding Observations
References
Author Index
Subject Index

Product details

• Authors: Valerie Balester, Anne C. Johnstone, Barbara Johnstone, Johnstone Anne C., Johnstone Barbara
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1994
• EAN: 9781567500523
• ISBN: 978-1-56750-052-3
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Cultural Studies, Science: general issues, SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Writing & editing guides, Social research & statistics, Writing and editing guides, Social research and statistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General, Current Events and Issues: Education