Clueless in academe
Clueless in academe: how schooling obscures the life of the mind
by Gerald Graff
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2003.
ISBN: 0300095589
DDC: 306.43
LCC: LC191.94
Edition: (alk. paper)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The university is popular culture, but it doesn't know it yet -- The
problem problem and other oddities of academic discourse -- The
mixed-message curriculum -- Intellectualism and its discontents --
Two cheers for the argument culture -- Paralysis by analysis? --
Communicative disorders -- Unlearning to write -- Scholars and sound
bites, the myth of academic difficulty -- Why Johnny can't argue --
Outing criticism -- The application guessing game with Andrew Hoberek
-- Teaching the club -- Hidden intellectualism -- A word for words
and a vote for quotes -- Wrestling with the devil -- Deborah Meier's
progressive traditionalism.
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