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Teaching Self: The Ambiguity Of Lived Experience In Classroom Discourse, Scott V. Gealy Dec 2013

Teaching Self: The Ambiguity Of Lived Experience In Classroom Discourse, Scott V. Gealy

Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Inspired by Paul Heilker’s notion of the essay as a form of exploration over argument, embodying an anti-scholastic and chrono-logical approach, and Candace Spigelman’s endorsement of experience as evidence in academic discourse, this thesis weaves memoir into more traditional scholarship in an effort to complicate the archetype of the effective teacher. Furthermore, the essay seeks to deconstruct conventional student, teacher, and cultural binaries with the help of the theoretical work of Deborah Britzman, Parker Palmer, Mikhail Bakhtin, Joy Ritchie and David Wilson and others, while using Scott Russell Sanders’ narrative essay “Under the Influence” as a mentor text for …


An Awareness Of What Is Missing: Four Views On The Consequences Of Secularism, Rachel E. Hunt Steenblik, Heidi Zameni, Debbie Ostorga, Nathan Greeley Nov 2013

An Awareness Of What Is Missing: Four Views On The Consequences Of Secularism, Rachel E. Hunt Steenblik, Heidi Zameni, Debbie Ostorga, Nathan Greeley

LUX: A Journal of Transdisciplinary Writing and Research from Claremont Graduate University

While the issues regarding widespread secularization in contemporary Western culture are difficult to properly assess, it can be argued that certain prerequisites are necessary for the well-being of any society and, furthermore, that certain of these necessary conditions are only provided by a given civilization's major religious tradition. All societies need to perpetually engage in collective action and decision making, and as any given community faces the challenges of the future, its governing religious worldview is an indispensable source of guidance and time-honored wisdom. With this in mind, it will be argued that Western civilization is dependent upon a Judeo-Christian …


Thinking Globally, Teaching Locally, The Nervous Conditions Of Cross-Cultural Literacy, Lisa Eck Sep 2013

Thinking Globally, Teaching Locally, The Nervous Conditions Of Cross-Cultural Literacy, Lisa Eck

Lisa Eck

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Eng 1001g-040: Composition And Language, Leann Akins Aug 2013

Eng 1001g-040: Composition And Language, Leann Akins

Fall 2013

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Eng 2091g-099, Olga Abella Aug 2013

Eng 2091g-099, Olga Abella

Fall 2013

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Eng 3009g-002: Myth And Culture, M Leddy Aug 2013

Eng 3009g-002: Myth And Culture, M Leddy

Fall 2013

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Eng 5003-001: The Ethics Of Pleasure In The Renaissance, M Caldwell Aug 2013

Eng 5003-001: The Ethics Of Pleasure In The Renaissance, M Caldwell

Fall 2013

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Course Schedule, English Department Aug 2013

Course Schedule, English Department

Fall 2013

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Eng 1001g-043: Composition And Language, Emily Bowers Aug 2013

Eng 1001g-043: Composition And Language, Emily Bowers

Fall 2013

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Eng 3704-001: American Literature: 1950-Present, Melissa Ames Aug 2013

Eng 3704-001: American Literature: 1950-Present, Melissa Ames

Fall 2013

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Eng 1001g-017-023-032, Michael Kuo Aug 2013

Eng 1001g-017-023-032, Michael Kuo

Fall 2013

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Eng 1001g-033: Composition I, Aaron White Aug 2013

Eng 1001g-033: Composition I, Aaron White

Fall 2013

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Eng 1002g-004: Composition And Literature, Leann Akins Aug 2013

Eng 1002g-004: Composition And Literature, Leann Akins

Fall 2013

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Eng 2011g-003: Literature, The Self, And The World: Poetry, Ruben Quesada Aug 2013

Eng 2011g-003: Literature, The Self, And The World: Poetry, Ruben Quesada

Fall 2013

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Eng 2901-002: Structure Of English, Duangrudi Suksang Aug 2013

Eng 2901-002: Structure Of English, Duangrudi Suksang

Fall 2013

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Eng 4801-001: Integrating The English Language Arts, Donna Binns Aug 2013

Eng 4801-001: Integrating The English Language Arts, Donna Binns

Fall 2013

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Eng 4903-001: Young Adult Literature, Fern Kory Aug 2013

Eng 4903-001: Young Adult Literature, Fern Kory

Fall 2013

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Eng 5005-001: Graduate Seminar, C Wharram Aug 2013

Eng 5005-001: Graduate Seminar, C Wharram

Fall 2013

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Eng 5010-001: De/Colonial Poetics Of Irony: Contemporary Native American Literature, Jeannie Ludlow Aug 2013

Eng 5010-001: De/Colonial Poetics Of Irony: Contemporary Native American Literature, Jeannie Ludlow

Fall 2013

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Wst 4000-001: Women, Gender, And Violence, Jeannie Ludlow Aug 2013

Wst 4000-001: Women, Gender, And Violence, Jeannie Ludlow

Fall 2013

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Eng 1000-003: Fundamentals Of College Composition, Angela Vietto Aug 2013

Eng 1000-003: Fundamentals Of College Composition, Angela Vietto

Fall 2013

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Eng 1001g-003-016-037: Composition And Language, Dan Tessitore Aug 2013

Eng 1001g-003-016-037: Composition And Language, Dan Tessitore

Fall 2013

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Eng 1001g-019: Composition And Language, Kathy Olsen Aug 2013

Eng 1001g-019: Composition And Language, Kathy Olsen

Fall 2013

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Eng 1001g-041, Charlotte Pence Aug 2013

Eng 1001g-041, Charlotte Pence

Fall 2013

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Eng 1002g-007-014, Denise Preston Aug 2013

Eng 1002g-007-014, Denise Preston

Fall 2013

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Eng 1002g-010, Timothy Shonk Aug 2013

Eng 1002g-010, Timothy Shonk

Fall 2013

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Eng 2009g-001: Literature & Human Values: Love, Hate, & Obsession, Charlotte Pence Aug 2013

Eng 2009g-001: Literature & Human Values: Love, Hate, & Obsession, Charlotte Pence

Fall 2013

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Eng 2901-001: Structure Of English, Buck Aug 2013

Eng 2901-001: Structure Of English, Buck

Fall 2013

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Eng 3001-002-006: Advanced Composition, M Leddy Aug 2013

Eng 3001-002-006: Advanced Composition, M Leddy

Fall 2013

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Eng 3001-003: Advanced Composition, John Moore Aug 2013

Eng 3001-003: Advanced Composition, John Moore

Fall 2013

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