Writing Without Teachers
Manual
By: Peter Elbow
Date: 1973
Source: Elbow, Peter. "Freewriting Exercises." In Writing Without Teachers. New York: Oxford University Press, 1973, 3–7.
About the Author: Peter Elbow (1935–) is an Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He directed the writing program there between 1996 and 2000. Everyone Can Write: Essays toward a Hopeful Theory of Writing won the James Britton Award in 2002. In 2001 the National Council Teachers of English awarded Peter Elbow the James Squire Award for his transforming influence on the profession.
Introduction
During the late 1960s and 1970s, a method of teaching writing labeled expressivism developed. This kind of writing provided power to the student or writer, rather than just to the teacher. Expressivism opposed the traditional methods of teaching writing, which...
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