Teaching Social Justice in English Composition and Learning Support
Track
Research Project / Assessment of Student Learning
Abstract
The poster presentation will focus on teaching social justice in English Composition I. This semester I have developed curriculum that uses a variety of writing methods to address, research, and analyze current social justice issues. Viewing social justice through the lens of social media is also a part of my class. My students have used #JustThink to exchange ideas and research on Twitter in an effort to become part of a larger societal conversation about social justice. I will include my own research, as well as assignments I have created and students’ work samples in the presentation. I will analyze the results and outcomes of these assignments, along with student surveys and include the results on my poster.
I teach at a two-year college, and twenty-seven percent of my English Composition I students are also in my corequisite learning support class. I will compare the outcomes of these students to the outcomes of students who tested into English Composition I without the being placed in the learning support corequisite. I will provide strategies for teaching social justice in learning support classes.
Session Format
Poster Session
Location
Room 113
Recommended Citation
Gossett, Neeley A., "Teaching Social Justice in English Composition and Learning Support" (2016). SoTL Commons Conference. 45.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2016/45
Teaching Social Justice in English Composition and Learning Support
Room 113
The poster presentation will focus on teaching social justice in English Composition I. This semester I have developed curriculum that uses a variety of writing methods to address, research, and analyze current social justice issues. Viewing social justice through the lens of social media is also a part of my class. My students have used #JustThink to exchange ideas and research on Twitter in an effort to become part of a larger societal conversation about social justice. I will include my own research, as well as assignments I have created and students’ work samples in the presentation. I will analyze the results and outcomes of these assignments, along with student surveys and include the results on my poster.
I teach at a two-year college, and twenty-seven percent of my English Composition I students are also in my corequisite learning support class. I will compare the outcomes of these students to the outcomes of students who tested into English Composition I without the being placed in the learning support corequisite. I will provide strategies for teaching social justice in learning support classes.
