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ERIC Number: EJ347017
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Conflict and Power in the Reader-Responses of Adult Basic Writers.
Coles, Nicholas; Wall, Susan V.
College English, v49 n3 p298-314 Mar 1987
Describes a program for adults in which they read about working class people like themselves and then respond in writing. Argues that while they became initiated into the academic community, they also felt powerless to change their situations. Emphasizes the importance of not destroying students' histories while teaching them academic discourse. (SRT)
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Adult Education, Blacks, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Individualism, Intellectual Disciplines, Literacy Education, Racial Bias, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Instruction, Reading Writing Relationship, Role Models, Social Background, Social Influences, Working Class, Writing Instruction, Writing Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Academic Community; Adult Basic Writers; Personal Experiences