The Teacher's Introduction series is intended to provide brief and lucid glimpses into particularly difficult bodies of theory in the field of literary studies, composition studies, or literacy education.
Titles currently available:
Crusius, Timothy W. A Teacher's Introduction to Philosophical Hermeneutics. 1991. No. 50160
Avoiding philosophical jargon, Crusius argues that, because everything human beings do involves the process of interpretation (hermeneutics), a theory of interpretation is essential to the teaching of writing. Crusius sets forth the basic propositions of a hermeneutical rhetoric; presents his own theory, comparing and contrasting it with the works of Berlin and Kinneavy; and outlines a pedagogical approach that enables students to find an authentic voice through interpreting their world and writing about it.
Linn, Ray. A Teacher’s Introduction to Postmodernism. 1996. No. 50098
In this overview of intellectual and artistic trends from the seventeenth century to the present, Linn unpacks the logic, assumptions, and philosophical implications wrapped up in what has become the founding statement of modern rationalism: Descartes's "I think, therefore I am."
Redd, Teresa M., and Karen Schuster Webb. A Teacher's Introduction to African American English: What a Writing Teacher Should Know. 2005. No. 50071.
In A Teacher’s Introduction to African American English: What a Writing Teacher Should Know, Teresa M. Redd and Karen Schuster Webb explain not only what African American English (AAE) is, but also what role it may play in students’ mastery of Standard Written English.