The End of Composition Studies.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Foreward by Doug Hesse; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One. Conceptual Limits; 1. What Is Writing and Writing Ability?; 2. Learning to Write; 3. How We Compoe; 4. Writing as a Social Practice; 5. Writing and Thinking; 6. Tranfer; Part Two. Diagnosis and Proposal; 7. What Is Writing Instruction and Why Is It So Problematic?; 8. What Does It Mean to Be a Writing Teacher?; 9. A R/Evolutionary Program; 10. Furthering the R/Evolution; Works Cited; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover.

Setting forth an innovative new model for what it means to be a writing teacher in the era of writing across the curriculum, The End of Composition Studies urges a reconceptualization of graduate work in rhetoric and composition, systematically critiques the limitations of current pedagogical practices at the postsecondary level, and proposes a reorganization of all academic units. David W. Smit calls into question two major assumptions of the field: that writing is a universal ability and that college-level writing is foundational to advanced le.

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