Composing the Career Portfolio and the Classed Subject
Abstract
In this article, I consider how subjectivities are composed and assessed within the boundaries of a career-focused portfolio program. First, by examining how portfolio composition is taught in senior English courses, I identify the qualities of the subject position students are called to occupy. Next, I present discourse analyses of portfolio materials composed by two students of different class backgrounds. More specifically, I explore how these students draw upon and adapt different resources to promote themselves as different kinds of subjects-in-worlds. As these disparate performances are assessed according to their coherence with certain class values, I argue, the program rates certain lives more favorably than others.
- Journal
- Research in the Teaching of English
- Published
- 2012-02-01
- DOI
- 10.58680/rte201218456
- CompPile
- Open Access
- Closed
- Topics
- Export
- BibTeX RIS
Citation Context
Cited by in this index (0)
No articles in this index cite this work.
References (0)
No references on file for this article.
Related Articles
-
Pedagogy Jan 2022modern rhetorical theory rhetorical criticism genre theory discourse analysis african american rhetorics decolonial rhetorics first-year composition writing pedagogy basic writing writing across the curriculum graduate education teacher development argument collaborative writing transfer assessment portfolios writing program administration writing centers peer tutoring technical communication professional writing archival research digital rhetoric social media grammar and mechanics literacy studies race and writing gender and writing disability studies public rhetoric community literacy literary studies editorial matter
-
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Oct 2025Shyam Pandey
-
Written Communication Jan 2025Beyond Surfaces and Depths: An SFL Analysis of Fine Gradations of Meaning in Undergraduates’ Writing About Literature ↗Ruth Li
-
Technical Communication Quarterly Oct 2024Jo Mackiewicz; Shaya Kraut; Allison Durazzirhetorical criticism discourse analysis first-year composition writing pedagogy graduate education teacher development writing centers technical communication professional writing digital rhetoric multilingual writers grammar and mechanics literacy studies race and writing public rhetoric editorial matter
-
Writing and Pedagogy Apr 2024Designing Writing Across the Professions (WAP) programs at the intersection of work-integrated learning and writing transfer research ↗Ina Alexandra Machura; Michael-John DePalma; Michelle J. Eady; Kara Taczak