http://cac.ophony.org/2007/10/01/writing-as-processwriting-as-product/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:00:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://cac.ophony.org/2007/10/01/writing-as-processwriting-as-product/comment-page-1/#comment-23216 Boone Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:06:46 +0000 http://cac.ophony.org/2007/10/01/writing-as-processwriting-as-product/#comment-23216 Thanks for this interesting post, Luke.  I share this professor's apprehension (fear, to call a spade a spade) about leaving such complex and elusive material in the hands of the less-than-prepared.  But on reflection I think it's clear that a genuine struggle with the material is the only way for one to understand it thoroughly.  Plato can't be learned by rote.  So, in this case, the "writing as process" approach not only produces better writing, but is directly instrumental to a deeper comprehension of the course material.  I'd even go so far as to say that I'd rather have students arrive organically at a misguided interpretation of Plato than to be spoon-fed a correct one. Thanks for this interesting post, Luke.  I share this professor's apprehension (fear, to call a spade a spade) about leaving such complex and elusive material in the hands of the less-than-prepared.  But on reflection I think it's clear that a genuine struggle with the material is the only way for one to understand it thoroughly.  Plato can't be learned by rote.  So, in this case, the "writing as process" approach not only produces better writing, but is directly instrumental to a deeper comprehension of the course material.  I'd even go so far as to say that I'd rather have students arrive organically at a misguided interpretation of Plato than to be spoon-fed a correct one.

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