Activism in Academia: A Social Action Writing Program

Part of a special issue on new pedagogies for social change. The writer describes the vision, implementation, and impact of “The Creative Writing and Action Program” at California State University, Monterey Bay. Describing the program as collaborative, she explains how social action writing can be r...

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Autor principal: Adler, Frances Payne (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2002
En: Social justice
Año: 2002, Volumen: 29, Número: 4, Páginas: 136-149
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Publisher)
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California State University, Monterey Bay
Creative writing education in universities & colleges
Attitude (Psychology)
Women college students
State universities & colleges
Creative writing
Social Action
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Sumario:Part of a special issue on new pedagogies for social change. The writer describes the vision, implementation, and impact of “The Creative Writing and Action Program” at California State University, Monterey Bay. Describing the program as collaborative, she explains how social action writing can be regarded as an act of critical inquiry and how it teaches students to articulate their own life experiences, to be engaged and responsible members of their communities, and to bring together craft and critical inquiry.
ISSN:2327-641X