{"product_id":"writing-and-community-action","title":"Writing and Community Action","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eWriting and Community Action: A Service-Learning Rhetoric and Reader\u003c\/i\u003e encourages inquiry into \u003cb\u003ecommunity and social action issues\u003c\/b\u003e, supports \u003cb\u003ecommunity-based research\u003c\/b\u003e, and shepherds students through a range of \u003cb\u003eservice-learning writing projects\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeveral chapters offer pragmatic advice for crafting personal, reflective, and analytical essays, while service-learning chapters present experience-tested strategies for doing collaborative writing projects at nonprofit agencies, conducting research on pressing social problems, writing proposals that respond to campus and community concerns, and composing oral histories. The assignments help students to see themselves as writers whose work really matters. Provocative readings spark critical reflection on community service and a range of social concerns (including economic justice, literacy, education, homelessness, race, and identity). Focusing on invention, audience analysis, and the social purposes of writing, \u003ci\u003eWriting and Community Action\u003c\/i\u003e encourages students to adopt a rhetorical frame of mind.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHopeful in tone, this book makes clear the ways that writing can serve as action in both academic and community contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46286366998766,"sku":"9780321094803","price":113.45,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/writing-and-community-action","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}