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“Odd Topics” and Open Minds: Implementing Critical Thinking in Interdisciplinary, Thematic Writing Courses
- Pedagogy
- Duke University Press
- Volume 14, Issue 1, Winter 2014
- pp. 107-135
- Article
- Additional Information
Teaching nontraditional themes in first-year writing courses sometimes confuses students and frustrates instructors. This article shows how using a transformative, critical-thinking pedagogy challenges the content and purpose of “English” courses—making such themes more accessible while improving students’ use of rhetorical inquiry to both analyze and compose texts.