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ERIC Number: EJ343600
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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A Polemical History of Freshman Composition in Our Time.
Purdy, Dwight
College English, v48 n8 p791-96 Dec 1986
Traces 25 years of freshman composition courses, highlighting "the expulsion of literature from the Garden of Composition,""the diluting of intellectual expectations and of the principles upon which programs were established," today's better management and writing teachers, and personal changes in instruction. Offers reflections on the future of composition. (JK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Theories, Educational Trends, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Political Influences, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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