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We have done no more, Warner argues, than conditioned students to perform "writing-related simulations," which pass temporary muster but do little to help students develop their writing abilities. This style of teaching has made students passive and disengaged. Worse yet, it hasnt prepared them for writing in the college classroom. Rather than making choices and thinking critically, as writers must, undergraduates simply follow the rulessuch as the five-paragraph essaydesigned to help them pass these high-stakes assessments.</p><p>In <em>Why They Cant Write</em>, Warner has crafted both a diagnosis for what ails us and a blueprint for fixing a broken system. 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In <em>Why They Cant Write</em>, John Warner, who taught writing at the college level for two decades, argues that the problem isnt caused by a lack of rigor, or smartphones, or some generational character defect. Instead, he asserts, were teaching writing wrong.</p><p>Warner blames this on decades of educational reform rooted in standardization, assessments, and accountability. We have done no more, Warner argues, than conditioned students to perform writing-related simulations, which pass temporary muster but do little to help students develop their writing abilities. This style of teaching has made students passive and disengaged. Worse yet, it hasnt prepared them for writing in the college classroom. Rather than making choices and thinking critically, as writers must, undergraduates simply follow the rulessuch as the five-paragraph essaydesigned to help them pass these high-stakes assessments.</p><p>In <em>Why They Cant Write</em>, Warner has crafted both a diagnosis for what ails us and a blueprint for fixing a broken system. Combining current knowledge of what works in teaching and learning with the most enduring philosophies of classical education, this book challenges readers to develop the skills, attitudes, knowledge, and habits of mind of strong writers.</p>...(*_*)9781421427119_<p><strong>An important challenge to what currently masquerades as conventional wisdom regarding the teaching of writing.</strong></p><p>There seems to be widespread agreement thatwhen it comes to the writing skills of college studentswe are in the midst of a crisis. 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Rather than making choices and thinking critically, as writers must, undergraduates simply follow the rulessuch as the five-paragraph essaydesigned to help them pass these high-stakes assessments.</p><p>In <em>Why They Cant Write</em>, Warner has crafted both a diagnosis for what ails us and a blueprint for fixing a broken system. Combining current knowledge of what works in teaching and learning with the most enduring philosophies of classical education, this book challenges readers to develop the skills, attitudes, knowledge, and habits of mind of strong writers.</p>...9781421427119_Johns Hopkins University Presslibro_electonico_99cf7281-7e5b-38c3-a0ea-72568a1c8387_9781421427119;9781421427119_9781421427119John WarnerInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/johnshopkins_short-epub-7a21d61b-c026-4086-9a3d-5879cfd0ca42.epub2018-12-03T00:00:00+00:00Johns Hopkins University Press