Pedagogy Jan 2021

“When It’s Outside of You”

Stephanie White

Abstract

Through classroom observations and semi-structured, text-based interviews, this study analyzes the impact of a service-learning first-year composition course on students’ rhetorical knowledge. Students’ own words are used to describe their transformative experiences related to academic writing and community service. As a result of what these students called their “investment” in community organizations, they began to see writing itself as advocacy. This article explains how this commitment to writing as advocacy motivated students to develop transferrable writing knowledge.

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Pedagogy
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2021-01-01
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10.1215/15314200-8692615
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rhetorical criticism first-year composition writing pedagogy service learning
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