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Pedagogy In Action: Teaching And Writing As Rhetorical Performance, Lesley E. Bartlett
Pedagogy In Action: Teaching And Writing As Rhetorical Performance, Lesley E. Bartlett
Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Drawing from work in composition studies, rhetorical theory, and feminist theory, this project builds on questions of identity, embodiment, and privilege to enrich conversations about writing pedagogy and teacher development in Composition and Rhetoric. I begin with the assumption that all acts of writing and teaching are performances, whether they are marked as such or not. I engage rhetorical and feminist theories to critically read classroom moments, student writing, and composition scholarship as I urge writing teachers to reflect on the extent to which their embodied pedagogical performances align with their theoretical commitments regarding student learning and teacher development. My …