Going public : what writing programs learn from engagement / edited by Shirley K. Rose, Irwin Weiser.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rose, Shirley K.

Weiser, Irwin.

This book is freely available in digital formats through the Utah State University Library Digital Commons., funder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.

English language.

Language arts (Secondary)--United States.

Language arts (Secondary).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2010.

Utah State University Press, [2010]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

An important new resource for WPA preparation courses. In Going Public, Rose and Weiser moderate a discussion of the role of the writing program vis-a-vis the engagement movement, the service learning movement, and the current interest in public discourse/civic rhetoric among scholars of rhetoric and composition. While there have been a number of publications describing service-learning and community leadership programs, most of these focus on curricular elements and address administrative issues primarily from a curricular perspective. The emphasis of Going Public is on the ways that engagement-focused programs change conceptions of WPA identity. Writing programs are typically situated at points where students make the transition from community to college or from college to community, and are already dedicated to developing literacies that are critically needed in communities. As institutions begin to include more explicit engagement with citizen and stakeholder groups as an element of their mission, writing program administrators find themselves with an opportunity to articulate ways in which writing program goals and purposes can significantly contribute to achieving these new institutional goals.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. Infrastructure Outreach and the Engaged Writing Program; 2. Centering Community Literacy; 3. The Arkansas Delta Oral History Project; 4. The Illusion of Transparency at an HSI; 5. A Hybrid Genre Supports Hybrid Roles in Community-UniversityCollaboration; 6. Apprenticing Civic and Political Engagement in the First Year Writing Program; 7. Wearing Multiple Hats; 8. Students, Faculty and "Sustainable" WPA Work; 9. The Writing Center as Site for Engagement; 10. Not Politics as Usual; 11. Coming Down from the Ivory Tower; 12. The WPA as Activist

13. Writing Program Administration and Community Engagement: A Bibliographic EssayAbout the Authors

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Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9780874217704

0874217709

OCLC:

658044698