English Ph.D. Dissertations
Title
Teaching People, Not Writing: Civic Education & Critical Pedagogies in the Multimodal Writing Classroom
Date of Award
2014
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Department
English (Rhetoric and Writing) PhD
First Advisor
Kristine Blair (Advisor)
Second Advisor
Sue Carter Wood (Committee Member)
Third Advisor
Donna Nelson-Beene (Committee Member)
Fourth Advisor
Steve Lab (Committee Member)
Abstract
"Teaching People, Not Writing" proposes a perspective shift for the college writing classroom from a focus on teaching writing to teaching people to write. This shift facilitates improved post-college utility of writing, increased student personal investment, and an increase in the relevance of writing classroom curricula. As a theory into practice dissertation, teaching people, not writing draws upon three scholarly discussions for support: civic education, critical pedagogies, and multimodal composition/technology. Considering these discussions as well as the planning and delivery of two courses conducted at Bowling Green State University, this dissertation argues that by implementing a person focus over a writing focus, writing teachers can make college writing classrooms more active, participatory, and liberatory spaces that attend to the multi-disciplinary and multimodal writing needs of students.
Recommended Citation
Salitrynski, Michael David, "Teaching People, Not Writing: Civic Education & Critical Pedagogies in the Multimodal Writing Classroom" (2014). English Ph.D. Dissertations. 73.
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/eng_diss/73