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Peer reviewedScott, Patrick – College English, 1983
Relates the ideas and contributions of a nineteenth century teacher and college president to the history of the field of rhetoric. (JL)
Descriptors: Classical Literature, Educational History, Higher Education, Rhetoric
Peer reviewedSalibrici, Mary M. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1999
Describes a seven-week critical-inquiry unit in a writing course for college sophomores that studies the 1953 Rosenberg trial. Uses this unit to illustrate the importance of dissonance in learning development, and how rhetorical inquiry in Kenneth Burke's concept of "perspective by incongruity" leads to critical inquiry and deeper…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCoe, Richard M. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1999
Discusses Kenneth Burke's notion of "symbolic action" as applied to texts and how it mediates perceptions. Discusses some ways to teach students to get outside their own perspectives and notice what they are overlooking (thus teaching Burke's "perspective by incongruity"). (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Higher Education
