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A short course in writing: Practical rhetoric for composition courses, writing workshops, and tutor training ...

2 reviews
Kenneth A Bruffee

Little, Brown, 1982

The Godfather of Rhetoric
Bruffee began to be studied in the early 80s and his work holds up to the needs of students today. If you want essential development of argument and persuasion, this is the book for you. I used it as a model for a college writing compentency preparatory program and the model is still being used today with great results. The model was also adapted by many educators at many levels with success. It ...

A Short Course in Writing: Composition, Collaborative Writing, and Constructive Reading, Fourth Edition
Kenneth A. Bruffee

Longman, 1997

Collaborative Learning: Higher Education, Interdependence, and the Authority of Knowledge

3 reviews
Kenneth A. Bruffee

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998

CL under the Aegis of Nonfoundational Social Constructionism
Although I don't agree with the nonfoundationalist point of view, there is much to ponder and learn from Bruffee. If one delves into WHY they don't agree with his thesis, they'll probably come away from the exercise with a far better understanding about their position vis-a-vis education-perhaps they'll even develop their own philosophy of education. However, believers beware: if you agree with ...

A Short Course in Writing: Composition, Collaborative Learning, and Constructive Reading, Longman Classics ...
Kenneth A. Bruffee

Longman, 2006

For over thirty-five years, A Short Course in Writing has helped to explore, explain, and defend the writers ideas through position papers, collaborative activities, and peer review.