Graduation Term
2024
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Department of English
Committee Chair
Joyce Walker
Abstract
Faced with an increasing need in higher education to address civic issues and prepare students for participation in democratic discussion, rhetoric and writing classrooms have become one space for including civic literacies, and meeting institutional demand for civic engagement. However, the complexities of changing tools, platforms, and means of civic participation require a similarly complex method for investigating teacher and student work and how to approach incorporating civic literacies into the writing and rhetoric classroom. Using a literate activity research method, teachers can incorporate concepts such as divergent uptake to guide their approaches for putting teacher and student materials in conversation with each other, to help investigate how learning is functioning in the classroom.
Access Type
Dissertation-Open Access
Recommended Citation
Larsen, Brittany, "Mapping the Mess: a Literate Activity Method for Teacher Research on Civic Literacies in Writing Classrooms" (2024). Theses and Dissertations. 1983.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/etd/1983
DOI
https://doi.org/10.30707/ETD2024.20240827063557288055.999980