Cultural Literacy, Curricular Reform, and Freshman Composition.

McLeod, Susan H.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Cultural Literacy, Curricular Reform, and Freshman Composition.

McLeod, Susan H.

Rhetoric Review, v8 n2 p270-78 Spr 1990

Asserts that college composition courses should go beyond having students write about their own experiences and should encompass a study of texts that reveal conversations going on among educated people. Notes that successful programs have shown that such changes can be made. (SG)

Descriptors: Cultural Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Textbook Selection

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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