Full Description
Using a biographical approach, this book examines Frank Aydelotte's enduring contributions to English studies in America and the various social, cultural, educational, and personal forces that shaped his pedagogy. Educated at Harvard and Indiana, Aydelotte's seminal experience was becoming a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford in 1904. While at Oxford University, he experienced a system of teaching writing that he found superior to the Harvard formalism that dominated many American English departments at the time. This comprehensive work explores the three curriculums developed by Aydelotte: the 'thought' approach to composition developed at Indiana University, the technical communication curriculum developed at MIT, and the influential Honor's Program developed at Swarthmore College.
Contents
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 I. Introduction
Chapter 3 II. Education in American and Britain
Chapter 4 III. Developing the Thought Approach at Indiana, 1908-1915
Chapter 5 IV. The Oxford Approach at MIT, 1915-1921
Chapter 6 V. The Oxford Approach and Honors Education at Swarthmore, 1921-1940
Chapter 7 VI. Conclusion
Chapter 8 Bibliography
Chapter 9 Index
Chapter 10 About the Author
