A Rediscovered Tradition: European Pedagogy and Composition in Nineteenth-Century Midwestern Normal Schools

College Composition and Communication Dec 2001

A Rediscovered Tradition: European Pedagogy and Composition in Nineteenth-Century Midwestern Normal Schools

Kathryn Fitzgerald

Abstract

This study examines composition at public Midwestern normal schools, the teacher training institutions of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It argues that the unique social environment, educational aims, and intellectual traditions of the normal school gave rise to attitudes about composition theory, methods, teachers, and students that are much more compatible with composition’s contemporary ethic than those associated with the elite Eastern colleges where the origins of composition have most often been studied.

Journal: College Composition and Communication
Published: 2001-12-01
DOI: 10.58680/ccc20011449
Open Access: Closed
Topics: composition theory multilingual writers

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