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Towards Knowledge in Writing

Illustrations from Revision Studies

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Jill Fitzgerald

    1. Literacy Studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Ways of Knowing and Models of Writing

    • Jill Fitzgerald
    Pages 1-34

  3. Knowledge and Knowing in Revision Studies

    • Jill Fitzgerald
    Pages 35-72

  4. Ways of Knowing and the Prospects of Methodological Synthesis: Problem Formulation

    • Jill Fitzgerald
    Pages 73-97

  5. Ways of Knowing and the Prospects of Methodological Synthesis: Outcomes

    • Jill Fitzgerald
    Pages 99-130

  6. Today and Tomorrow

    • Jill Fitzgerald
    Pages 131-143

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 145-150
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About this book

This book reviews the shifting conceptions of writing and revision, noting the ways in which views of knowledge and knowing shape teaching and research. Fitzgerald, as a reading and writing researcher, recognizes that how we revise is shaped by how we read and respond to our unfolding texts. She argues that how we write and read is ultimately shaped by how we know-that is, how we seek to make sense of the world. How and why do we revise when we write? How do we differ in the extent or level of revisions due to differences in our purpose, mode of writing, perceptions of audience, or phase of development of our writing? What motivates us to revise-a need to clarify our expression, to rethink or alter our ideas, to influence our reader in certain ways, or to fulfill our own purposes? These questions have always intrigued composition theo­ rists and researchers; however, it is only in the past 15 years that researchers have seriously and systematically sought answers to these questions.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Literacy Studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA

    Jill Fitzgerald

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Towards Knowledge in Writing

  • Book Subtitle: Illustrations from Revision Studies

  • Authors: Jill Fitzgerald

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2796-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-97623-5

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7674-6

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-2796-0

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 150

  • Topics: Language Education, Psychology, general

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