The Ethics of Writing Instruction

Download or read book The Ethics of Writing Instruction written by Michael Pemberton and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays reveals a keen awareness of the degree to which ethics and ethical systems are located in particular instructional contexts. The essays consider the implications of these contexts from a variety of perspectives, both theoretical and pedagogical. In the collection's first part, Ethics and the Composition Classroom, are the following essays: (1) "Pedagogical Ethics and a Cultural Studies Composition Course: Implications of Discourse Ethics" (Lisa M. Toner); (2) "Advocacy in the Writing Classroom" (John Ruszkiewicz); (3) "Advocating Language: An Ethical Approach to Politics in the Classroom" (William H. Thelin); (4) "Refiguring Classroom Authority" (Andrea Abernethy Lunsford); (5) "The Ethics of Plagiarism" (Rebecca Moore Howard); and (6) "An Ethics of Difference" (Myrna Harrienger and Nan Uber-Kellogg). In the second part, Ethics and Specialized Writing Programs, are these essays: (7) "Composition as Service: Implications of Utilitarian, Duties, and Care Ethics" (Larry Beason); and (8) "Ethics in Technical/Professional Communication: From Telling the Truth to Making Better Decisions in a Complex World" (Cezar M. Ornatowski). In the third part, Ethics and the Profession, are these essays: (9) "A Conflict of Personal and Institutional Ethics: Writing Instruction and Composition Scholarship" (Mary Trachsel); (10) "Literacy, Equality, and Competence: Ethics in Writing Assessment" (Michael M. Williamson and Brian Huot); (11) "Exploring Our Ethics of Evaluating Student Writing" (Jane Detweiler, Jane Mathison Fife, Robert W. McEachern, and Lauren Sewell Coulter); (12) "Going Public" (Peter Mortensen); and (13) "The Ethics of Public Review" (Miles Myers). (NKA)