College Composition and Communication Jul 2023

Actionable Empathy through Rhetorical Listening: A Possible Future for First-Year Composition

Alli Tharp ; Emily Johnston

Abstract

This dialogue between a first-year composition (FYC) instructor and administrator proposes listening-oriented curricula to cultivate actionable empathy in FYC: an attempt at understanding and acceptance when engaging across difference that results in naming how power shapes engagement. Actionable empathy can help students become introspective, flexible communicators and help instructors develop pedagogical agency.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2023-07-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc202332524
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rhetorical criticism feminist rhetorics first-year composition writing pedagogy
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