Rhetoric Review Jan 2015

Conceptualizing Generative Ethos in Service Learning

Irene Jagla University of Arizona

Abstract

This essay investigates ethical issues inherent in service learning through considering the dynamics of generative ethos, Jim Corder’s term for a process of becoming through writing. By closely examining the ethical issues involved in Phyllis Ryder’s Rhetorics for Community Action: Public Writing and Writing Publics and tracing parallels between students’ experiences in Ryder’s course and Corder’s own idea of generative ethos, this essay argues that generative ethos can offer a productive lens into understanding how students navigate the ethically tenuous territory of service learning.

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Rhetoric Review
Published
2015-01-02
DOI
10.1080/07350198.2015.976306
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Cited by in this index (2)

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