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(Mis)Alignments Between Institutional Mission Statements And Service Learning Handbooks, Charisse S. Iglesias
(Mis)Alignments Between Institutional Mission Statements And Service Learning Handbooks, Charisse S. Iglesias
Academic Labor: Research and Artistry
Institutions self-identifying as social justice advocates are expected to perform social justice roles through their disciplines, policies, and actions (Feldman, 2008). Applying Tania Mitchell’s critical service learning framework (2008), this study examines (mis)alignments between service learning handbooks and their respective institutional mission statements. The first phase was a critical discourse analysis of the service learning handbooks to measure expressions of reciprocity. The second phase was a content analysis of the corresponding institutional mission statements to analyze conceptions of community engagement, social justice, etc. Findings reveal how institutions frame handbooks, considers how that framing undermines reciprocity, and analyzes how universities practice …
Review Of Genesea M. Carter And William H. Thelin’S Class In The Composition Classroom, Christian Aguiar
Review Of Genesea M. Carter And William H. Thelin’S Class In The Composition Classroom, Christian Aguiar
Inquiry: The Journal of the Virginia Community Colleges
Though community colleges enroll the majority of working-class college students, research on how to best serve the interests of working-class students at our institutions is limited. In Class in the Composition Classroom: Pedagogy and the Working Class, the contributors tackle the issue of supporting working-class students in college composition classes from several angles, offering practical pedagogical advice, guidance on college-wide initiatives, and research into common challenges faced by working-class students. While the text will be most valuable for those who teach writing, its insights apply to anyone who serves at a community college.
Rhetorical Genre Theory And Whiteness, Greg W. Childs
Rhetorical Genre Theory And Whiteness, Greg W. Childs
IdeaFest: Interdisciplinary Journal of Creative Works and Research from Cal Poly Humboldt
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Writing On Demand In College, Career, And Community Writing: Preparing Students To Participate In The Pop-Up Parlor, Kelly J. Sassi, Hannah Stevens
Writing On Demand In College, Career, And Community Writing: Preparing Students To Participate In The Pop-Up Parlor, Kelly J. Sassi, Hannah Stevens
Language Arts Journal of Michigan
The Writing on Demand Unit is an important part of the College, Career, and Community Writers Program. In this article, we review the literature on C3WP; contextualize the writing on demand unit in relation to the other instructional resources in C3WP; explore five big ideas about writing on demand; and describe an approach to teaching this unit that includes some preliminary results of teaching this unit in a rural, Native American high school. The five big ideas that inform its use are the following: 1) emotions matter, 2) everyone does it, so provide reasons for writing on demand, 3) time …