Methods and Methodology in Composition Research

Name: Methods and Methodology in Composition Research
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ISBN: 9780809317271

ISBN-10: 0809317273

ISBN-13: 9780809317271

Edition: 1992

Authors: Gesa Kirsch, Patricia A. Sullivan

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In original essays, fourteen nationally known scholars examine the practical, philosophical, and epistemological implications of a variety of research traditions. Included are discussions of historical, theoretical, and feminist scholarship; case-study and ethnographic research; text and conversation analysis; and cognitive, experimental, and descriptive research. Issues that cross methodological boundaries, such as the nature of collaborative research and writing, methodological pluralism, the classification and coding of research data, and the politics of composition research, are also examined. Contributors reflect on their own research practices, and so reflect the current state of…

Book details

List price: $39.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Publication date: 6/3/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction




Research Methods and Methodology



Dreams and Play: Historical Method and Methodology




Feminism and Methodology in Composition Studies




Writing Theory : : Theory Writing




Context-Sensitive Text Analysis




Analyzing Talk about Writing




The Narrative Roots of the Case Study




Ethnography and Composition: Studying Language at Home




Composition from the Teacher-Research Point of View




Connecting Cognition and Context in Composition




Experimental and Descriptive Research Methods in Composition




Research Problems and Issues



Methodological Pluralism: Epistemological Issues




Coding Data: Issues of Validity, Reliability, and Interpretation




Collaborative Scholarship in Composition: Some Issues




Methods, Methodologies, and the Politics of Knowledge: Reflections and Speculations



Notes on Contributors


Index