Emotional Value in the Composition Classroom: Self, Agency, and Neuroplasticity

Using the concept of ＂plasticity＂, or the brain’s ability to change through growth and reorganization, as a theoretical framework, this book argues that encouraging an exploration of the self better establishes emotional value in the composition classroom.

Ryan Crawford is a lecturer in the English Department and Director of First-Year Writing at the University of New Haven, USA.