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ERIC Number: EJ332885
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Why Dionysius II Can't Write: Plato's Confessions of a Failed Teacher.
Robertson, Linda R.
College English, v48 n4 p376-84 Apr 1986
Explores an insight offered by Plato in his "Seventh Letter" to explain why the traditional mode-based approach to teaching composition is so attractive and how it can be expanded upon to teach students productive inquiry. Shows how the process-based approach promotes that sort of productive change and suggests how to engage students in genuine inquiry. (EL)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories, Inquiry, Philosophy, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Plato of Athens