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Student Learning and Public Purpose: Accounting for the Introductory Literature Course
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| 자료유형 | 학위논문 |
|---|---|
| 서명/저자사항 | Student Learning and Public Purpose: Accounting for the Introductory Literature Course. |
| 개인저자 | Zito, Angela J. |
| 단체저자명 | The University of Wisconsin - Madison. English. |
| 발행사항 | [S.l.]: The University of Wisconsin - Madison., 2019. |
| 발행사항 | Ann Arbor: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019. |
| 형태사항 | 189 p. |
| 기본자료 저록 | Dissertations Abstracts International 81-03A. Dissertation Abstract International |
| ISBN | 9781085672436 |
| 학위논문주기 | Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2019. |
| 일반주기 |
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-03, Section: A.
Advisor: Zimmerman, David A. |
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| 요약 | This dissertation examines the fraught relationship between Literary Studies and student learning outcomes assessment in American higher education. In so doing, it also explores the historical and institutional context out of which this relationship developed: the convergence of public (dis)investment in humanities and the liberal arts, the marketization of higher education, and the culture of assessment to which that marketization is often attributed. Through qualitative analysis of interviews with introductory literature course (ILC) instructors at a large Midwest research university, I theorize how literature instructors' disciplinary values and perceptions of assessment interact in shaping their collective and individual approaches to assessing student learning. By designing my interview and analysis protocol in a way that probes broad but crucial questions about the value and practice of reading literature, I also theorize the purpose of undergraduate literary education-as it is constructed within this local context-in a way that explicates the often implicit disciplinary values, goals, and expectations that non-specialist audiences struggle to recognize. ILCs lie at the core of this research because they present a rich site for analysis of the language with which instructors communicate the value of literary education to those outside the small population who choose to specialize in English-that is, to non-expert, outcomes-oriented audiences including students, general education faculty committees, and college administrators. Ultimately, this dissertation argues that the assessment of student learning in Literary Studies is not inherently complicit in the marketization of higher education or the public and legislative disinvestment in the field. Rather, when executed critically, collaboratively, and iteratively within local departments, student learning outcomes assessment presents a crucial opportunity for literature programs to articulate and demonstrate the value of literary education to non-specialist audiences in a way that combats the market-driven logic of increasingly privatized higher education while embracing the non-market value(s) of the discipline. |
| 일반주제명 | Literature. Higher education. Pedagogy. |
| 언어 | 영어 |
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