- In the reading by Fulkerson he says, “a natural-process pedagogy for instance does not harmonize with a formalist axiology.” This seems a little overly simplistic. Is there any way for formalist axiology and process pedagogy to be harmonized into a single paradigm?
- In Tobin’s article he mentions his anger over a discussion on the postprocess era. In particular, Tobin expresses fear that professors may assign readings that merely reflect their personal “interests and agendas.” What do you think is the best way to insure that a postprocess composition class does more than represent the personal interests of the teacher? For instance, do you believe a return to the preprocess method of focusing on canonical works is best? Or something else?
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
David Lowrey: Questions for 6/28
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Hey there David, to give my thoughts on your second question, maybe a solution could be found in the way which an instructor selects texts for the class. Perhaps the instructor selects a few they knows very well, a few they are pretty familiar with, and a few they know very little or nothing about. Though the last may be a risk which totally blows up in practice, it surely could allow the instructor and students to mutually discover the value of the text, and therefore avoid the reflection Tobin mentions. Though it is not difficult to see why certain texts are considered canonical, I think it is important to challenge what we do consider to be canonical in order to avoid missing out on texts which may be underrepresented.
ReplyDeleteRegarding your second question, I think it's not a bad thing for teachers to reflect their "interests and agendas" to their reading list as long as they are welcome to be disputed (and of course as long as the interests are not politically wrong). I consider a class as a project of a teacher co-partnered with students and something similar to an essay, so I like a class with a clear argument. I also believe that those agendas can bring more productive discussion among students and better results to the class.
ReplyDeleteI think canonical works should not be ruled out of reading lists, but contemporary works should be incorporated too.