ERIC Number: EJ973840
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Feb
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-1940-1639
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Vocabularies Clashing: "The Fragmented Generation" Describes Itself
Collins, Daniel
Journal of College and Character, v12 n1 Feb 2011
After reading Scott Seider and Howard Gardner's essay "The Fragmented Generation" (2009) in a college freshman writing class, students responded by providing their own labels for their generation. This article includes excerpts from their essays. Following these excerpts is the instructor's theoretical justification for this kind of classroom work. Drawing from Richard Rorty, the author argues the need for students to consider the vocabularies that students use to describe the world around them. By analyzing their vocabularies alongside other vocabularies that coexist and compete with their own, students engage the rhetorical landscape that surrounds and defines them. (Contains 2 footnotes.)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Freshman Composition, Self Evaluation (Groups), Cohort Analysis, Labeling (of Persons), Generational Differences, Popular Culture, World Views, Handheld Devices, Influence of Technology, Quality of Life, Self Concept, Empowerment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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