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Davis, Judith Rae – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1991
Examines the work of representative scholars in the field of basic writing in terms of their pedagogical and theoretical assumptions about teaching academic discourse. Categorizes the scholarship into two theoretical schools of thought (i.e., inner-directed and outer-directed) and two pedagogical camps (i.e., freedom-directed and…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Basic Writing, Educational Theories, Higher Education