Service-Learning and Writing: Paving the Way for Literacy(ies) Through Community Engagement

Service-learning and Writing: Paving the Way for Literacy(ies) through Community Engagement discusses service-learning as a teaching and learning method and its integration with writing. The various authors, from different disciplines and institutions, present service-learning as a means of having students practice writing in real world settings, and they show how relationship-building and partnerships between higher education and diverse communities produce benefits for all involved - the students, faculty, administrators, and the communities themselves. This volume demonstrates how writing instruction and/or writing practice can complement community engagement and outreach at local, national, and international contexts. Through different cross-cultural contexts and academic disciplines, the various authors explore reflection, assessment, internalization, diversity, and multiple literacies and their importance when integrating service-learning in higher education and community literacy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781902658
• ISBN13: 9781781902653
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.5"