کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
347779 618063 2012 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Networking, Storytelling and Knowledge Production in First-Year Writing
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی علوم انسانی و هنر زبان و زبان شناسی
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Networking, Storytelling and Knowledge Production in First-Year Writing
چکیده انگلیسی

As writing teachers, we seek to validate the knowledge that students bring to the classroom while introducing and cultivating new methods, strategies, techniques and technologies that may serve them now and in the future. In this article we describe an approach we take that integrates curricular and extracurricular co-apprenticeship strategies using public writing models in conjunction with social networking tools. With publication as a final goal, we urge students to move from expressing personal problems to addressing social issues, using a private, non-commercial learning network NoDiff as a safe zone for skills development, knowledge production and social inquiry. In taking this approach, we resist dichotomies that place professional skills training in strict opposition to critical pedagogy. We argue that many of the so-called “extracurricular” composing activities that most of today's students engage in lay the groundwork for both professional and civic participation. Acknowledging that we as composition teachers are also beginners in the world of 21st century communication, we emphasize both (1) the continual transference of skills and knowledge among teachers and learners; and (2) the importance of providing what is often lacking in skills-based ‘new literacy’ training, namely a critical pedagogical approach to learning as social engagement and critical intervention.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Computers and Composition - Volume 29, Issue 2, June 2012, Pages 175–184
نویسندگان
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