ERIC Number: EJ859382
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1047-8485
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Situated University, Situated Writing
Feldman, Ann M.
Metropolitan Universities, v20 n1 p34-45 2009
This article argues that teaching as a situated, civic activity must be a core intellectual activity in the engaged metropolitan university. Situated writing provides the key pedagogy for the Chicago Civic Leadership Certificate Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago, an engaged public research university. The role of writing, or discourse, is emphasized as a link between engaged faculty research and student civic engagement.
Descriptors: Research Universities, Citizenship, Writing (Composition), Academic Discourse, Leadership, College Environment, College Faculty, College Students, School Community Relationship, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Responsibility, Educational Principles, College Instruction, Urban Universities, Educational Certificates, Student Participation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Illinois
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