Abstract

This essay examines the impact of difference in the service-learning classroom and offers an overview of three approaches to creating community while engaging students in dialogues on difference. The authors reflect on the local pedagogies they create in response to the anger, tensions, and challenges that arise In the classroom and at the service learning site. By composing this essay together, the authors hope to embody the collaborative nature of service learning courses.

Journal
Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
Published
2007-04-01
DOI
10.59236/rjv6i1pp41-66
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