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A critique of current pedagogical practice: teaching writing in secondary education
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A critique of current pedagogical practice: teaching writing in secondary education
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Pitt
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Jessica A.
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Ledoux
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Ellen Malenas
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Ellen Malenas Ledoux
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Rutgers University
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Camden Graduate School
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This paper explores grading student compositions as an undemocratic and unethical practice that is detrimental to their growth as writers, particularly stunting their ability to take positive writing risks, to self-reflect on the rhetorical effectiveness of their work, and to be mindful of their own work and others’ while trying to survive the competitive nature of education. I contend that disassembling the educational hierarchy through abolishing grades will cultivate a more egalitarian composition classroom whereby risk-taking, awareness of rhetorical purpose, and mindfulness are essential skills in students’ repertoires as writers. I offer an alternative grading system for progressive educators working within the bounds of traditional schools who are striving to meet these humanitarian goals.
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High school
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English
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Writing -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Education—Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Includes bibliographical references
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ETD graduate
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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