Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Dec 2023 Open Access

A Window Into Community-Engaged Writing: Three Student CEW Reflections

Debra Dimond Young ; Nathan Behrends ; Jasmyne Harrison ; Avery Tiernan

Abstract

In our changing educational environment, understanding the way students experience community-engaged writing pedagogy has become more important than ever. Following a semester-long qualitative study examining the reflective writing of students and conducting interviews with those students about their experiences, three students were invited to elaborate on their experiences with a critical community-engaged writing and oral communication course. This article will detail the course, discuss the role of emotion in community-engaged writing pedagogy, and share the experiences of these three students. Each student will discuss their experience with critical community-engaged writing, focusing on the impact, both positive and negative, of working in a group community-engaged writing and oral communication project and on the impact, both positive and negative, of previous life experiences and worldviews on community-engagement.

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
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2023-12-14
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10.59236/rjv23i1pp91-126
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