Ecocomposition

Ecocomposition is a way of looking at literacy using concepts from ecology. It is a postprocess theory of writing instruction that tries to account for factors beyond hierarchically defined goals within social settings; however, it does not dismiss these goals. Rather, it incorporates them within an ecological view that extends the range of factors affecting the writing process beyond the social to include aspects such as "place" and "nature." Its main motto, then, is "Writing Takes Place" (also the title of one of Sidney I. Dobrin's articles on ecocomposition).

Ecocomposition is a way of looking at literacy using concepts from ecology. It is a postprocess theory of writing instruction that tries to account for factors beyond hierarchically defined goals within social settings; however, it does not dismiss these goals. Rather, it incorporates them within an ecological view that extends the range of factors affecting the writing process beyond the social to include aspects such as "place" and "nature." Its main motto, then, is "Writing Takes Place" (also the title of one of Sidney I. Dobrin's articles on ecocomposition). ==References== Coe, R. (1975). "Eco-Logic for the composition classroom." College Composition and Communication 26.3: 232–237. Cooper, M. (1986). "The Ecology of writing." College English 48: 364–375. Dobrin, S. and C. Weisser. (2002). Natural discourse. Albany; SUNY Press. Jones, M (2018). "Writing Conditions: The Premises of Ecocomposition". Enculturation: a journal of rhetoric, writing, and culture. 26. *Jones, P. (2008). "[http://readthisorelse.wordpress.com/about/ About this Blog." Read This or Else Long, M. (2001). "Education and environmental literacy: Reflections on teaching ecocomposition in Keene State College's environmental house." In S. Dobrin and C. Weisser, Eds. Ecocomposition: Theoretical and pedagogical approaches. Albany: SUNY Press. Reynolds, N. (2004). Geographies of writing: Inhabiting places and encountering difference. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. Syverson, M. (1999). The Wealth of reality: An ecology of composition. Carbondale, IL: SIU Press. Weisser, C. and S. Dobrin, Eds. (2001) Ecocomposition: Theoretical and pedagogical approaches. Albany: SUNY Press. Yagelski, R. (2002). "Computers, Literacy, and Being: Teaching With Technology for a Sustainable Future." ==Further reading== Hothem, T. (2009). [http://pedagogy.dukejournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/9/1/35 "Suburban Studies and College Writing." Pedagogy 9(1):35-59. Marx, S. (2008). "Think Global, Write Local: Sustainability and English Composition." UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference, August 2, 2008. Owens, D. (2001). Composition and Sustainability: Teaching for a Threatened Generation. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English Press. Reynolds, N. (2004). Geographies of writing: Inhabiting places and encountering difference. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. Yagelski, R. (2011). Writing as a Way of Being: Writing Instruction, Nonduality, and the Crisis of Sustainability. New York: Hampton Press.

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