Public Writing: Bringing Relevance, Transparency, and Transfer into the Composition Classroom

dc.contributor.advisor Barger, Julie en_US
dc.contributor.author McMillan, Ryan Gooding en_US
dc.contributor.committeemember Smith, Allison en_US
dc.contributor.department English en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2014-08-28T18:30:37Z
dc.date.available 2014-08-28T18:30:37Z
dc.date.issued 2014-06-12 en_US
dc.description.abstract Composition courses frequently are not classes students choose voluntarily; FYC classes, in particular, are usually mandatory. Because of this, students may think of the writing that they do in these classes in about the same way many of us thought of Algebra or Physical Education classes growing up: as little more than a chore. Writing is an active pursuit that allows people to understand and interact with their world, but students who are forced to churn out formulaic essays will find it difficult to believe that writing is anything more than an imposed exercise. Inviting students to experience the active nature of writing through public writing assignments allows students to practice writing that engages with the world. Public writing pedagogy allows instructors to involve students in enacting rhetoric through real rhetorical situations, to demonstrate specific genres that react to common situations, and to prompt students to consider how they may approach future situations through reflection. Surveying a number of platforms for public writing appropriate to varying levels of composition courses, this project provides an aid to instructors who wish to implement public writing pedagogy in their own classrooms. en_US
dc.description.degree M.A. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/4265
dc.publisher Middle Tennessee State University en_US
dc.subject Composition en_US
dc.subject Genre en_US
dc.subject Public Writing en_US
dc.subject Rhetoric en_US
dc.subject Student Investment en_US
dc.subject Transfer en_US
dc.subject.umi Rhetoric en_US
dc.subject.umi Higher education en_US
dc.thesis.degreegrantor Middle Tennessee State University en_US
dc.thesis.degreelevel Masters en_US
dc.title Public Writing: Bringing Relevance, Transparency, and Transfer into the Composition Classroom en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
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