Engaging a "Pedagogy of Discomfort": Emotion as Critical Inquiry in Community-Based Writing Courses

Autor/in	Prebel, Julie
Titel	Engaging a "Pedagogy of Discomfort": Emotion as Critical Inquiry in Community-Based Writing Courses
Quelle	In: Composition Forum, 34 (2016), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1522-7502
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Writing Instruction; Educational Theories; Educational Strategies; Writing (Composition); Emotional Response; Self Concept; Psychological Patterns; Essays; Student Attitudes; Reflection; Course Descriptions; Community Organizations; Critical Theory; Service Learning; Nonprofit Organizations; College Students; California (Los Angeles) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schreibunterricht; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Lehrstrategie; Schreibübung; Emotionales Verhalten; Selbstkonzept; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Schülerverhalten; Kursstrukturplan; Kritische Theorie; Service-Learning; Nonprofit-Organisation; Collegestudent
Abstract	This article revisits the scholarship on emotion in composition studies and extends this work through a consideration of emotion in community-based writing courses. With examples from student reflection essays from one such course, Writing With the Community, I explore emotion as a generative aspect of the students' semester writing projects for community organizations. In particular, I examine students' emotional responses to their community work, which include empathy, shame, anger, and unease, as I argue that students' emotions were an effective means of attaining their writing goals and a necessary component of their desire for social action and justice. I also offer three concepts from education theorists--emotional scaffolding, encouraging students to inhabit an ambiguous self, and emotion as a mode of critical inquiry--which I develop as strategies for achieving common goals in community-based writing courses. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Association of Teachers of Advanced Composition. e-mail: cf@compositionforum.com; Web site: http://compositionforum.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01