The Longman Guide to Writing Center Theory and Practice
- ISBN-10
- 0205574173
- ISBN-13
- 9780205574179
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
- Pages
- 576
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Longman Publishing Group
- Authors
- Robert W. Barnett, Jacob S. Blumner
Description
The Longman Guide to Writing Center Theory and Practice offers, in unparalleled breadth and depth, the major scholarship on writing centers. This up-to-date resource for students, instructors, and scholars anthologizes essays on all major areas of interest to writing center theorists and practitioners. Seven sections provide a comprehensive view of writing centers: history, progress, theorizing the writing center, defining the writing center's place, writing-across-the curriculum, the practice of tutoring, cultural issues, and technology.
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