Pedagogy Jan 2010

What's the Trouble with Knowing Students? Only Time Will Tell

Julie Lindquist

Abstract

This article examines the pervasive disciplinary commonplace that it's imperative to know students. Posing questions about what it means to know students, the essay recommends ways to acquire useful knowledge about students—typically a long-term process—under conditions of insufficient time.

Journal
Pedagogy
Published
2010-01-01
DOI
10.1215/15314200-2009-030
Open Access
Closed
Topics
multilingual writers

Citation Context

Cited by in this index (3)

  1. Lindquist et al. (2019)
    Documenting and Discovering Learning: Reimagining the Work of the Literacy Narrative
    College Composition and Communication
  2. Berry (2014)
    Doing Time with Literacy Narratives
    Pedagogy
  3. Rose (2012)
    Writing Time
    Pedagogy

Cites in this index (2)

  1. Lindquist (2001)
    Hoods in the Polis
    Pedagogy
  2. Graff (2001)
    Hidden Intellectualism
    Pedagogy
Also cites 1 work outside this index ↓
  1. Heath, Shirley Brice. 1983. Ways with Words: Language, Life, and Work in Communities and Classrooms. New York…
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