Technical Communication Quarterly Jul 2004

Rearticulating Civic Engagement Through Cultural Studies and Service-Learning

J. Blake Scott

Abstract

Although service-learning has the potential to infuse technical communication pedagogy with civic goals, it can easily be co-opted by a hyperpragmatism that limits ethical critique and civic engagement. Service-learning's component of reflection, in particular, can become an uncritical, narrow invention or project management tool. Integrating cultural studies and service-learning can help position students as critical citizens who produce effective and ethical discourse and who create more inclusive forms of power. Rather than being tacked on, cultural studies approaches should be incorporated into core service-learning assignments.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2004-07-01
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10.1207/s15427625tcq1303_4
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