“Let Your Voice Lead You”: Critical Community-Building to Support the Writing of Recently Resettled Youth
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Amy Vetter, Professor (Creator)
- Beverly S. Faircloth, Assistant Professor (Contributor)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: This study examines the use of critical community-building—using dialogue as a collective to support, listen to, ask questions, and assist each other in thinking in critical ways—to support resettled youths’ writing during a summer writing camp. Through encouraging the youth to use their home languages, by celebrating their cultures, honoring their experiences, and fostering peer relationships, we established a sense of community and a supportive writing space. The authors offer insights into their work and implications for educators in more traditional classroom spaces as well.
“Let Your Voice Lead You”: Critical Community-Building to Support the Writing of Recently Resettled Youth
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Multicultural Perspectives, 23(4)
- Language: English
- Date: 2021
- Keywords
- community building, young writers, writing, self-expression, education