The Teacher as Dostoevskian Novelist.

Lensmire, Timothy J.

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ERIC Number: EJ553710

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Publication Date: 1997

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The Teacher as Dostoevskian Novelist.

Lensmire, Timothy J.

Research in the Teaching of English, v31 n3 p367-92 Oct 1997

Investigates how teaching and the teacher's role in elementary and secondary school writing classes have been conceptualized by leading workshop advocates. Uses M. Bakhtin's writing on F. Dostoevsky to develop a metaphor of the writing teacher as novelist. Argues that workshop visions of teaching and the teacher's role mystify meaning-making and ignore the workings of power. (TB)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnography, Group Discussion, Group Dynamics, Literary Criticism, Metaphors, Novels, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods, Theory Practice Relationship, Writing Instruction, Writing Workshops

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Language: English

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