Allen Brizee, Jaclyn M. Wells

Partners in Literacy

A Writing Center Model for Civic Engagement

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Partners in Literacy describes the process, research, relationships, and theories that guided a three-year partnership between the Purdue University Writing Lab and two community organizations in Lafayette, Indiana: the Lafayette Adult Resource Academy and WorkOne Express. This partnership resulted in a new section of the globally known Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) and the Community Writing and Education Station (CWEST), which featured adult literacy resources in the areas of GED preparation, English as a Second Language, and workplace and job search literacy. Using an empirical and iterative design process, the authors worked closely with their community partners to develop, test, revise, and launch these resources. In Partners in Literacy, the authors argue that writing centers can be effective spaces from which to work with the community and that writing centers' missions of sustainability, outreach, and research-driven practice can offer valuable philosophies for civic engagement. To support this argument, the book discusses the research methods and findings, the process behind developing and sustaining the three-year engagement project, and the personal relationships that ultimately held the project together.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 433g
• ISBN-13: 9781475827613
• ISBN-10: 147582761X
• Artikelnr.: 44679951

Autorenporträt

Allen Brizee is an assistant professor of writing at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore. At Loyola, he coordinates the writing internship program and teaches first-year composition, technical writing, writing for the web, and rhetoric. Jaclyn M. Wells is an assistant professor of English at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. At UAB, she directs the writing center and teaches first-year composition and professional writing.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Preface: Bridging University and Community Spaces Acknowledgments
Introduction Chapter 1: Background and Methodology ·An Engaged Course
Project ·The Researchers' Backgrounds ·The Researchers' Roles in the
Project ·Emergent Methodology Chapter 2: Community Partners and Overview of
Research Methods ·Reaching out to the Community ·Learning More about the
Project's Partners ·Writing the Engagement Project ·Research Methods and
Seeking IRB Approval ·Funding the Project Chapter 3: Methods and Findings
from Stage One - Developing the GED Resources ·A Picture of a Community
Education Program: Initial Research Findings ·Drafting the GED Materials
·First Reactions to the GED Resources: A Focus Group ·After the Focus
Group: Initial Revisions to the GED Resources ·Instructor Response to the
GED Resources: Round Two Interviews and Observations ·The Need for Flexible
Resources Chapter 4: Methods and Findings from Stages Two and Three -
Developing the ESL and Job Document Resources ·Revising the Resources and
Posting them to the Purdue OWL ·Generation One Testing ·Working with
WorkOne ·Generation Two Testing Chapter 5: Discussion and Conclusions
·Jaclyn's Reflections ·Allen's Reflections ·Conclusions Chapter 6:
Engagement as Professional Work ·Engaged Scholarship: How the CWEST Informs
Allen's Community-Based Work in Baltimore ·Diverse Roles and
Responsibilities: How the CWEST Informs Jaclyn's Writing Center Work
Conclusion: Looking Back, Looking Forward References Appendix ·Chapter
Heuristic Questions ·Research Protocols ·Observational Protocol for First
LARA Observations ·Questions for Second LARA Interviews ·Observational
Protocol for Second LARA Observations ·CWEST LARA Usability Test Protocol
·LARA Instructor Interview Script ·WorkOne Express Usability Testing About
the Authors