.Title.Crosscurrents: reading in the disciplines / Eric Carl Link, Steven Frye.Author.Link, Eric Carl.Other Authors.Frye, Steven.Published.New York: Pearson Higher Education, c2012.Physical Description.xxiii, 689 p.: ill. (some col.); 23 cm.Subjects.Contents.Knowledge, reading, and writing across disciplines.Reading across disciplines: reading for learning, for analysis, and for argument.Writing and researching: genres, practices, and processes.Nature, genetics, and the philosophy of science.Business and economics.Government, political science, and public policy.Education and society.Communication and pop culture.Philosophy and psychology.History and culture.Literature, language, and art.Notes.Includes index.Language.EnglishISBN.615Dewey Number.808/.0427Libraries Australia ID.Contributed by Get this edition.
Underscoring the essential skills of reading and writing in multiple fields of knowledge, 'Crosscurrents' is a thematic reader that connects ideas and texts from across the disciplines.With its rich variety of readings that span the major college disciplines, 'Crosscurrents 'is a true writing across the curriculum reader.Three introductory chapters on critical reading, thinking, and research.
.Crosscurrents: Reading in the Disciplines. DescriptionUnderscoring the essential skills of reading and writing in multiple fields of knowledge, Crosscurrents is a thematic reader that connects ideas and texts from across the disciplines.With its rich variety of readings that span the major college disciplines, Crosscurrentsis a true writing across the curriculum reader. Three introductory chapters on critical reading, thinking, and research (Part 1) provide a broad, yet concise rhetoric that orients both students and instructors to disciplines that may be outside their comfort zone or areas of expertise. These chapters offer assistance in reading and comprehending material in each of the disciplines. Foundational, seminal readings foreground each of the eight thematic chapters in Part 2; additional, mainly contemporary, selections drawn from print and electronic books, journals, and general interest periodicals provide a wide range of source materials so that students can further understand each discipline and its intricacies.
Accessibility. A main, annotated table of contents links specific academic disciplines and departments, or a blend of related academic fields. An alternative table of contents organized by rhetorical strategy takes into account those courses which may be oriented in relation to formal genre conventions and structures. A broad, yet concise rhetoric.
Part 1 showcases the shared conventions of academic writing, the form and shape of the academic essay, differences in conventions among the disciplines, and the rhetorical strategies that emphasize research, persuasion and argumentation, analysis, and synthesis. Student sample drafts and final essays are included. These chapters orient students to academic writing and provide guidance in reading and comprehending the material, discussing it, and writing about it. Foundational readings. Each thematic chapter in Part 2 begins with selections from the classical, medieval, and renaissance periods, as well as those from the early twentieth century. These selections offer grounding in the history of the discipline and provide instructors the opportunity to focus their courses on interdisciplinary content. Thematic sub-units in each chapter.
Within each thematic chapter is a series of additional “sub themes” that offer an array of discipline-specific inquiries into issues that affect both its educational and academic spheres. Visual literacy. A series of images in each thematic chapter, as well as a 4-color, 8-page insert, provides opportunities for students to engage in reading visuals. Photos, ads, posters, fine art, cartoons, and film stills are accompanied by thoughtful questions designed to challenge and foster interdisciplinary engagement through visual imagery. Focus on technology. Technology is a significant part of both the reader’s everyday experience and the modern educational experience. Virtually every readings chapter contains opportunities for readers to engage in a variety of discussions about technology.
Thoughtful apparatus. An introduction to each thematic chapter exposes students to the discipline and its history. These introductions provide students with a general understanding of the commonalities within and among academic disciplines.
Headnotes for each writer, including important biographical information, commentary on the writer’s significance in the field, and a glossing of the essential ideas contained in the selection allow students to understand the person behind the words and provide both a human and a historical context for the reading. Writing prompts. Following each reading, a textual support section includes four sets of writing prompts. “Questions on Meaning” reinforce students’ understanding of the selection.
“Questions for Discussion” provide a starting point for in-class exploration of the material in open conversation. “Looking at Rhetoric” questions ask students to delve into the mechanics of the selections and assess the authors’ writing strategies. “Writing Assignments” provide opportunities for research and collaborative work. In addition, end of chapter “Thinking Crosscurrently” questions allow students to make connections among writers both within and outside the discipline, and in doing so allow for cross-disciplinary interchange.Appendix on “Breaking Down Assignments.”This guide for students provides invaluable information on how to approach a writing assignment and craft a successful final product.