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ERIC Number: EJ678835
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1356-2517
The End of the Essay?
Andrews, Richard
Teaching in Higher Education, v8 n1 p117-128 Jan 2003
Asserts that the essay has been called the "default genre" in high school and university education. This article examines the nature, history, and function of the essay in this role, including feminist critiques of the genre. It explores the dialogic or multi-voiced character of most academic essays and suggests that it is through dialogic structuring that new forms of academic writing might be generated. (SWM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Essays, Feminist Criticism, Higher Education, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Dialogic Communication