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Publication details [#52306]

Kearney, Julie. 2009. Rogerian Principles and the Writing Classroom: A History of Intention and (Mis)Interpretation. Rhetoric Review 28 (2) : 167–184.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | misreading | rhetoric | therapeutic conversation | writing

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

This paper discusses how misinterpretations of Rogerian principles (verbal counseling techniques for veteran post-WWII readjustment) have resulted in a debate over the arhetorical nature of Rogerian rhetoric and an incorrect linking of Rogerian rhetoric and expressivist and therapeutic writing.