Reclaiming Our History: Theodore Baird and English 1-2 at Amherst College, 1938-1966.

Varnum, Robin

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ERIC Number: EJ479186

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Publication Date: 1992

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Reclaiming Our History: Theodore Baird and English 1-2 at Amherst College, 1938-1966.

Varnum, Robin

Writing on the Edge, v4 n1 p31-39 Fall 1992

Claims the view that the teaching of composition stagnated during the first two-thirds of the twentieth century is too narrow. Discusses the approach taken by Professor Baird and his English 1-2 staff as being innovative, intellectually challenging, and historically significant. (NH)

Descriptors: Course Content, Educational History, Higher Education, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Guides - Non-Classroom; Historical Materials; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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