College Composition and Communication Dec 2023

The Shortest Distance: Using Play to Build Comfort in the Writing Classroom

Joseph Serio

Abstract

Using classroom play to promote comfort between composition students, encouraging greater participation and experimentation by helping students feel safe traversing educational and social boundaries, is supported in a theoretical lens connecting play to both pedagogy and various literacies valued in college writing. One practical framework, with student interviews, is described.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2023-12-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc2023752305
Open Access
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