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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Noetic Writing: Plato Comes to Missouri
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Rice, Jeff – Composition Studies, 2011
Walter Ong tells us that the noetic--the rhetorical characteristics of feeling, sensation, and intuition applied to a given communicative situation or act--stems from the oral tradition. The noetic contrasts with the print legacy of argument in which "teaching something is the same as 'proving' it'" ("Ramus" 156). Ong's sense of the noetic…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Oral Tradition, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction
The 1963 Composition Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Computed, or Demonstrated by Any Other Means of Technology
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Rice, Jeff – Composition Studies, 2005
This article challenges the rebirth narrative traditionally attributed to Composition Studies and the date 1963. By revisiting specific media-oriented moments excluded from that narrative, the article discovers important moments ignored by Composition Studies regarding technological innovation and rhetorical production. The article argues that the…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, College Instruction, Writing (Composition), Educational History