Rhetoric and Educational Discourse: Persuasive Texts?Educational policy is often dismissed as simply rhetoric and a collection of half truths. However, this is to underestimate the power of rhetoric and the ways in which rhetorical strategies are integral to persuasive acts. Through a series of illustrative chapters, this book argues that rather than something to be dismissed, rhetorical analysis offers a rich and deep arena in which to explore and examine educational issues and practices. It adopts an original stance in relation to contemporary debates and will make a significant contribution to educational debates in elucidating and illustrating the pervasiveness of persuasive strategies in educational practices. Rhetoric and Educational Discourse is a useful resource for postgraduate and research students in education and applied linguistics. The book will also be of interest to academics and researchers in these fields of study and those interested in discursive approaches to research and scholarship. |
Contents
acts of seduction? | 1 |
2 Rhetorical practices | 13 |
3 Metaphors of and in learning and teaching | 29 |
4 Inventing the good teacher | 51 |
metaphorizing the virtual | 70 |
6 Taking up workplace learning | 93 |
the rhetoric of research management | 112 |
8 Sultans of spin? | 131 |
9 The migrating and forging of policy | 151 |
10 Writing research | 168 |
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Rhetoric and Educational Discourse: Persuasive Texts? Richard Edwards,Kathy Nicoll,Nicky Solomon No preview available - 2004 |
Rhetoric and Educational Discourse: Persuasive Texts? Richard Edwards,Kathy Nicoll,Nicky Solomon No preview available - 2004 |
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