{"product_id":"unfinished-business-thoughts-on-the-past-present-future-and-nurturing-of-homo-scribens-9781646426867","title":"Unfinished Business: Thoughts on the Past, Present, Future, and Nurturing of Homo Scribens","description":"In \u003ci\u003eUnfinished Business\u003c\/i\u003e, Charles Bazerman considers long-standing puzzles in writing studies, from the most fundamental ideas about humans as writers and writing as constituting modern society to the most practical issues of curriculum and teaching. Together, the chapters provide a broad vision of the importance, role, consequences, and means of writing. The opening cluster of chapters places \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e' capacity to write within the biological and cultural evolutionary arc. The second cluster of chapters focuses on how writing has extended and transformed our knowledge with major consequences for us as societies and individuals. The third cluster considers how we go about teaching this increasingly important skill that gives people voice in the literate world. The fourth reflects on the values and ethical concerns that pervade the practice and teaching of writing. In his final chapter, Bazerman speculates about where writing and writing instruction may go in the rapidly changing future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Bazerman\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of California Santa Barbara. He is founder and former chair of the International Society for the Advancement of Writing Research and former chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. He has been a visiting professor in Portugal, Denmark, the Czech Republic, France, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Nepal, Chile, Mexico, Brazil, and the US. His books include \u003ci\u003eHow I Became the Kind of Writer I Became\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Rhetoric of Literate Action\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Theory of Literate Action\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Languages of Edison's Light\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShaping Written Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Informed Writer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Research on Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhat Writing Does and How It Does It\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLifespan Development of Writing Abilities\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wac Clearinghouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51184704749842,"sku":"9781646426867","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ce1754ae-9871-4748-8549-f8f07b65696c.jpg?v=1744568892","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/unfinished-business-thoughts-on-the-past-present-future-and-nurturing-of-homo-scribens-9781646426867","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}