Ways of Reading: An Anthology for Writers

by: David Bartholomae, Anthony Petrosky
Ways of Reading: An Anthology for Writers
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In the late 1970s, instructors at the University of Pittsburgh recognized that students were entering the school unprepared for the rigors of academic life. The university’s response was to develop a course offering challenging material — readings requiring serious attention — along with a method of reading and rereading that helped students learn to read and think critically and respond in writing. That course proved enormously successful, and its materials and methods were published as Ways of Reading. Often imitated — but never duplicated — Ways of Reading has for over twenty years profoundly influenced the teaching of writing. It continues to offer students and instructors a uniquely exciting and challenging approach to first-year composition, integrating reading, writing, and critical thinking with an unparalleled selection of readings and editorial features. Ways of Reading helps students develop the necessary intellectual skills for college-level academic work while engaging them in conversations with key academic and cultural texts. It bridges the gap between contemporary critical theory and composition so that instructors can connect their own scholarly work with their teaching. Adopted and readopted from coast to coast in a wide variety of schools, hundreds of instructors and thousands of students confirm that it works.


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Average Rating: out of 5 stars
Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - More than terrible, it's a crime and should be removed from public schools
This book does not promote any sort of free thought.It closes the minds of gullible people and pisses off the rest of us.I wish I would have known this kind of book would plague my 100 level english core requirement as I would have swiftly dropped the class.I hate to slam the articles within specifically because I have no quarrel with the authors who wrote about their ideas and feelings, but they have no place in a school textbook.They should be thought as Op-Ed pieces and nothing more.
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Surprised!
I was surprised to see the love this book had received by previous owners.I think I overestimated the condition it was because it was definately not what I expected.I guess I can't complain because of the affordable price.
Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Beware "Ways of Brainwashing" student turned teacher
The essays in this book aren't particularly enlightening; however, they are often misused not to start debate or critical thinking, but rather to show students "what they SHOULD learn and feel about the topics."I didn't like any of the essays in this book because they didn't tell me anything I didn't already know.I am already the product of a democratic, public education.Thus, I am tolerant and accepting of others' views and opinions.I don't need tolerance beaten into me over the course of ... Read More
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - From a Teacher
I have used this book to teach a freshman writing and reading course at a liberal arts school.Because of the difficulty of many of the texts, it was met by my students with little fanfare.While a few of the pieces are clearly too much for the average freshman (Foucault comes first to mind), most can be used effectively to get them to discuss issues.I have found that the students would rather talk in generals and universals than with the intricate arguments that some of the writers brilliantly ... Read More
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Challenging, yet rewarding read
I had to read this book for my upper division journalism class this fall and found it to be one of the best books that we used in the course.The editors have tried to collect well-written, intelligent documentaries that challenge traditional connections between words and photographs.

Included are Edward Said's inspiring piece about the Palestinian holocaust and exile, a piece by Roland Barthes about the meaning of photograph, "Let Us Speak Now of Famous Men," and many others.Although ... Read More
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