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>From: "Natalie Friedman" <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 12:50:20 +0000
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>Call for Papers: Social Awareness and the Writing Classroom
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>This message is being cross-posted; please excuse duplication.
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>The Winter 2003 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Academic Exchange
>Quarterly will focus on the issues of social awareness and writing.
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>In recent years, schools and communities across America have experienced
>crises with increasing frequency. These events take a variety of forms,
>ranging from tragedies within the school to occurrences outside of the
>classroom that directly affect the school community. While schools have
>historically responded to all manner of tragedies, the growing complexity
>and severity of contemporary crises raise a unique set of issues for
>instructors to confront. Besides the most evident recent tragedy concerning
>the terrorist attacks on the World Trade towers, communities are facing
>student violence, school shootings, teacher and student suicides, accidental
>deaths, discrimination or violence against targeted groups, and many; other
>localized issues. All teachers share a responsibility for helping students
>come to terms with and sometimes act on; these events, but teachers involved
>with a “writing classroom” of any kind have a unique stance from which to
>engage; students in critical thought and discussion of the crises. What are
>some of the ways an instructor can use the writing; classroom to promote
>constructive thought, discussion, and awareness of the issues surrounding a
>crisis? What are some of the considerations an instructor must explore
>before delving into these activities—personal feelings, student
>sensitivities, and; community or school views?
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>Who May Submit: All writing teachers with experiences responding to crisis
>in the classroom, whether positive or negative. Raising sensitive or
>volatile issues in the classroom is a tricky business, and learning from
>others’ trial and error experiences is an effective way to develop a strong
>approach. Contributors are not limited to Composition or Literature
>instructors; anyone who teaches a class with a writing emphasis is
>encouraged to submit.
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>See the call for papers and instruction for submitting manuscripts at
>http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/summ03
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>Submissions are due at the end of August, 2003.
>Please identify your submission with keyword: WRITING
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