Basic Writing: Moving the Voices on the Margin to the Center.

Herrington, Anne J.; Curtis, Marcia

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Publication Date: 1990

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Basic Writing: Moving the Voices on the Margin to the Center.

Herrington, Anne J.; Curtis, Marcia

Harvard Educational Review, v60 n4 p489-96 Nov 1990

The Basic Writing course at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst was altered to give voice to marginalized minority students. The reading list was changed to include predominantly non-White authors, and students were encouraged to reflect on these readings and express in writing their own experiences of marginalization. (SK)

Descriptors: Basic Writing, Cultural Background, Ethnic Discrimination, Ethnicity, Higher Education, Racial Discrimination, Reading Assignments, Reading Material Selection, Writing Assignments, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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