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Ira Allen, Editor; Elizabeth A. Flynn, Editor – College Composition and Communication, 2016
This symposium, "Barack Obama's Significance for Rhetoric and Composition," aims to provoke and renew disciplinary conversations about the meaning of an age now nearly past, as well as to pose questions that resonate for presidential rhetoric generally. It includes: (1) "Obama's Rhetoric: Black Talk Flow, White Folk Fluent"…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Rhetoric, Political Candidates, Elections
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Whalen, D. Joel, Ed. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2018
This article, the second of a two-part series, features 13 "My Favorite Assignments" that were introduced at the Association for Business Communication's 82nd annual conference held in Dublin, Ireland, in 2017. The pedagogical innovations include assignments that teach students how to conduct primary research, present their findings,…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Professional Associations, Business Communication, Foreign Countries
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IGI Global, 2018
In the digital age, numerous technological tools are available to enhance educational practices. When used effectively, student engagement and mobile learning are significantly increased. "Social Media in Education: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice" contains a compendium of the latest academic material on the usage, strategies, and…
Descriptors: Social Media, Educational Practices, Technology Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning)
Brownlee, Don, Ed. – 1980
The purpose of this booklet is to disseminate limited-circulation papers relating to value proposition debating (nonpolicy argument). The six papers provide information on the following topics: the theoretical implications of debating nonpolicy propositions, criteria for evaluating nonpolicy argument, situationally guided standards for evaluating…
Descriptors: Debate, Evaluation Criteria, Persuasive Discourse, Rhetoric
Baumlin, James S.; Miller, Keith D. – National Council of Teachers of English, 2004
Recent, renewed interest in the personal in writing and teaching suggests that the late Jim Corder still has much to tell us. Editors James Baumlin and Keith Miller argue that Corder's yet-to-be-absorbed theory and scholarly praxis can contribute significantly to current debates in composition studies, especially because Corder struggles to move…
Descriptors: Essays, Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition), Teaching Methods
Connors, Robert J., Ed.; And Others – 1984
Noting the rediscovery by composition scholars of the tradition of classical rhetoric, this collection of essays explores the resurgence in the teaching of written discourse in college English departments. The 18 articles and their authors are as follows: (1) "The Revival of Rhetoric in America," by Robert Connors, Lisa Ede, and Andrea…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, English Instruction, Epistemology, Higher Education
Douglas, George H., Ed.; Hildebrandt, Herbert W., Ed. – 1985
Because written communication has nearly always been the medium for transmitting information in the business world, these essays are a step toward providing a seminal statement on the history and practice of business writing. The essays in this volume are: "Business Writing and the Spread of Literacy in Late Medieval England" (Malcolm Richardson);…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Correspondence, Communication Research, Fund Raising