Agents of Integration Understanding Transfer As a Rhetorical Act

Name: Agents of Integration Understanding Transfer As a Rhetorical Act
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ISBN: 9780809330485

ISBN-10: 0809330482

ISBN-13: 9780809330485

Edition: 2011

Authors: Rebecca S. Nowacek

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The question of how students transfer knowledge is an important one, as it addresses the larger issue of the educational experience. In Agents of Integration: Understanding Transfer as a Rhetorical Act, Rebecca S. Nowacek explores, through a series of case studies, the issue of transfer by asking what in an educational setting engages students to become "agents of integration" individuals actively working to perceive, as well as to convey effectively to others, the connections they make. While many studies of transfer are longitudinal, with data collected over several years, Nowacek's is synchronous, a rich cross-section of the writing and classroom discussions produced by a team-taught…

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List price: $39.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Publication date: 11/2/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English

Michael B. Smith is Assistant Professor of History and Environmental Studies at Ithaca College.Rebecca S. Nowacek is Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition at Marquette University.Jeffrey L. Bernstein is Professor of Political Science and Faculty Development Fellow at Eastern Michigan University.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Transfer as Recontextualization



"I Finally Feel Like I've Really Learned Something": Students Becoming Agents of Integration



Agents, Handlers, Audience Members: The Challenges Facing Instructors Teaching for Transfer



"It's Really Hard for Me to Articulate, but I Know It's There": Transfer of Writing-Related Knowledge



Implications


Appendix: Assignments from the Interdisc Sequence


References


Index