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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1951/59781
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11401/71338
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.en_US
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dc.publisherThe Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
dc.typeDissertation
dcterms.abstractThe fostering of a dialectic between Certainty and Uncertainty and the perspectives of reality and "truth" that each engenders is necessary for writing and the teaching of writing. This necessity arises from the fact that a privileging of either extreme, at the expense of the other, is antithetical to work for the progress of not simply the teaching of writing but of the greater society and culture to which it would serve. Whether the pursuit of Certainty that culminated in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century America in the birth of "Current-Traditional Rhetoric" or, conversely, the pursuit of Uncertainty that spread throughout academia during the "Post-Modern" era, either choice is detrimental to those who would strive for that progress within academic writing instruction and beyond. In the end, both possibilities serve the continuation and profusion of the status quo. The strict worship of either of these supposed contraries begets the very same dualistic, "black or white" perceptions. Through my research, I explore those separate pursuits and then examine the possibilities for founding this crucial dialectic between them. I also investigate not simply how I have attempted to pursue that dialectic in my own writing classes but also the results of those attempts.
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dcterms.contributorMarcelo, Leon B.en_US
dcterms.contributorBelanoff, Paten_US
dcterms.contributorDunn, Patriciaen_US
dcterms.contributorDenny, Harryen_US
dcterms.contributorYood, Jessicaen_US
dcterms.creatorMarcelo, Leon Becker
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dcterms.descriptionDepartment of Englishen_US
dcterms.extent257 pg.en_US
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dcterms.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/1951/59781
dcterms.identifierMarcelo_grad.sunysb_0771E_10770en_US
dcterms.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11401/71338
dcterms.issued2011-12-01
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dcterms.publisherThe Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
dcterms.subjectRhetoric--Philosophy of education--History of education
dcterms.subjectDialectic, John Dewey, Peter Elbow, Reflective Thinking, Uncertainty, William Perry
dcterms.titleThe Uncertainty of Certainty: Exploring a Dialectic
dcterms.typeDissertation


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