Composing a civic life : a rhetoric and readings for inquiry and action / Michael Berndt & Amy Muse.
Publication details: New York : Pearson/Longman, c2004.Description: xxiii, 579 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780321086419
- 0321086414 (pbk.)
- 808.0427 23 BER
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Contents;
1. What does it mean to be a citizen?
First inquiry: Using mind maps to assess what you know about citizenship
Continuing the inquiry: Dictionary definitions
Continuing the inquiry: Official documents
etc.
2. Critical literacy: The skills to live an examined life
First inquiry: Critical reading as active conversation
Second inquiry: Using a writer's notebook to connect thinking, reading, and writing
Third inquiry: Finding your writing process
etc.
3. Researching: Inquiry as action
First inquiry: Writing to inquire and conserve with others
Second inquiry: Developing a research plan
Third inquiry: Inquiring effectively using research methods
etc.
4. Arguing: Action as inquiry
First inquiry: What is arguing to inquire?
Second inquiry: Developing an arguing mind
Third inquiry: Arguing effectively
etc.
5. Writing in communities: Academic research and social action
First inquiry: Writing in an academic community
Second inquiry: Writing in civic communities
6. Negotiating community: Living a civic life
7. The family as community
8. The higher education community
9. Citizens of the world: The global community
10. Citizens of the earth: The planetary community
11. Communities of faith
12, Virtual communities
Bibliographical references : p. 573-574 . _ Index : p. 575-579.
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