This text will give you the tools necessary to write with logic and elegance, and it will introduce you to topics that are worth arguing about." --
Comprehensive coverage of classic and contemporary approaches to argument, including Aristotle, Toulmin, and a range of alternative views, making it a versatile text.
The unique collaborative effort of a professor of English and a professor of philosophy, Current Issues and Enduring Questions is an extensive resource for teaching argument, persuasive writing, and rigorous...
This new edition does more than ever to make argument concepts clear, and to give students strategies for crafting effective arguments.
Part 3 provides classic and contemporary essays on issues such as the ideal society. Part 4 offers examples of literary criticism, new to this fourth edition. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Using essential questions can be challenging—for both teachers and students—and this book provides guidance through practical and proven processes, as well as suggested "response strategies" to encourage student engagement.
Special education for the mildly retarded—Is much of it justifiable? Exceptional Children, 35(1), 5–22. Hornby, G., Howard, J., & Atkinson, M. (1997). Controversial issues in special education. New York, NY: Routledge.
Although a sadly overlooked article demonstrated and documented the fact that there is really no such thing as ... people with those beliefs should found their own schools and not work to the detriment of the suppliers of future ...
The story of history is a ceaseless conversation between past and present, and in American Dialogue Joseph J. Ellis focuses the conversation on the often-asked question "What would the Founding Fathers think?
Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing is a compact but complete guide to critical thinking and argumentation. Comprising the text portion of the widely adopted Current Issues and Enduring Questions, it...
While most texts of this type simply cover individual acts of violence, this book offers readers a broader perspective, covering more collective violence activities such as terrorism, mob violence, and genocide.