Providing Context: Service Learning in a Community College Composition Class

Abstract

Two problems catapulted Wendy Rihner into service learning: Hurricane Katrina's destruction of Louisiana's coast and the lack of context plaguing so many college composition courses. Rihner undertook a service-learning project with an English  Composition II course in the spring of 2007 that radically changed her pedagogical philosophy. "Providing Context" discusses Rihner's desire to provide her students with a context for writing argumentative essays while raising awareness of the ecological disaster that is unique to Louisiana.

Journal
Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
Published
2008-04-01
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10.59236/rjv7i1-2pp170-179
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