Facing the Center

Toward an Identity Politics of One-to-One Mentoring

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Higher Education, Language Arts, Writing & Publishing, Composition & Creative Writing
Cover of the book Facing the Center by Harry C. Denny, Utah State University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Harry C. Denny ISBN: 9780874217681
Publisher: Utah State University Press Publication: March 15, 2010
Imprint: Utah State University Press Language: English
Author: Harry C. Denny
ISBN: 9780874217681
Publisher: Utah State University Press
Publication: March 15, 2010
Imprint: Utah State University Press
Language: English

In the diversity of their clients as well as their professional and student staff, writing centers present a complicated set of relationships that inevitably affect the instruction they offer. In Facing the Center, Harry Denny unpacks the identity matrices that enrich teachable moments, and he explores the pedagogical dynamics and implications of identity within the writing center. 

The face of the writing center, be it mainstream or marginal, majority or miority, orthodox or subversive, always has implications for teaching and learning. Facing the Center will extend current research in writing center theory to bring it in touch with theories now common in cultural studies curricula. Denny takes up issues of power, agency, language, and meaning, and pushes his readers to ask how they themselves, or the centers in which they work, might be perpetuating cultures that undermine inclusive, progressive education.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In the diversity of their clients as well as their professional and student staff, writing centers present a complicated set of relationships that inevitably affect the instruction they offer. In Facing the Center, Harry Denny unpacks the identity matrices that enrich teachable moments, and he explores the pedagogical dynamics and implications of identity within the writing center. 

The face of the writing center, be it mainstream or marginal, majority or miority, orthodox or subversive, always has implications for teaching and learning. Facing the Center will extend current research in writing center theory to bring it in touch with theories now common in cultural studies curricula. Denny takes up issues of power, agency, language, and meaning, and pushes his readers to ask how they themselves, or the centers in which they work, might be perpetuating cultures that undermine inclusive, progressive education.

More books from Utah State University Press

Cover of the book Conceding Composition by Harry C. Denny
Cover of the book Living Folklore, 2nd Edition by Harry C. Denny
Cover of the book After the Public Turn by Harry C. Denny
Cover of the book Rearticulating Writing Assessment for Teaching and Learning by Harry C. Denny
Cover of the book Manual of Grasses for North America by Harry C. Denny
Cover of the book Women In Utah History by Harry C. Denny
Cover of the book Utah in the Twentieth Century by Harry C. Denny
Cover of the book The Lame God by Harry C. Denny
Cover of the book Exploring Desert Stone by Harry C. Denny
Cover of the book New Approaches to Teaching Folk and Fairy Tales by Harry C. Denny
Cover of the book Folklore Rules by Harry C. Denny
Cover of the book Out in the Center by Harry C. Denny
Cover of the book Serendipity in Rhetoric, Writing, and Literacy Research by Harry C. Denny
Cover of the book Stories of Our Lives by Harry C. Denny
Cover of the book Hospitality and Authoring by Harry C. Denny
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy