First Year Composition and Women in Prison: Service-based Writing and Community Action

First Year Composition and Women in Prison: Service-based Writing and Community Action

This article discusses a service-learning project for an English Composition class, focusing on the theme of incarcerated women. Through class projects, which included a book drive and research for the group Prison Watch, the students and teacher learned to negotiate the tricky demands of audience a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Reflections (Baltimore, Md.) Md.), 2004-01, Vol.4 (1)
1. Verfasser: Mastrangelo, Lisa
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Audiences
Educational activities
English as a second language learning
Imprisonment
Learning
Negotiation
Prisons
Service learning
Social change
Stereotypes
Students
Writing
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Zusammenfassung:This article discusses a service-learning project for an English Composition class, focusing on the theme of incarcerated women. Through class projects, which included a book drive and research for the group Prison Watch, the students and teacher learned to negotiate the tricky demands of audience and worked to develop a new model of successful service learning.
ISSN:1541-2075