Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Jun 2024 Open Access

The Group Project’s Potential: Emphasizing Collaborative Writing with Community Engagement

Catherine Forsa Capineri

Abstract

This study examines strategies for emphasizing collaborative writing in a community engagement project. Doing so can enrich students’ experiences with ethical community engagement. Successful collaborative writing provides students with competencies—rhetorical knowledge, confidence, understanding of transfer, and appreciation for diverse perspectives—that are key building blocks in supporting students as they deepen their engagement with social issues. Current research demonstrates how collaborative writing and community engagement experiences provide overlapping benefits. Pairing them has the potential to amplify students’ learning, including their understanding of their ability and responsibility to use writing as a tool to affect meaningful change.

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
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2024-06-10
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10.59236/rjv23i2pp75-124
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