Argument as Conversation: Students Responding through Writing to Significant Conversations across Time and Place

• Published in: Journal of adolescent & adult literacy Vol. 62; no. 1; pp. 67 - 77
• Main Authors: VanDerHeide, Jennifer, Juzwik, Mary M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Interpersonal Communication; Letters (Correspondence); Oral Language; Persuasive Discourse; Principals; School Policy; Secondary School Teachers; Social Change; Student Empowerment; Teaching Methods; Writing Instruction; Writing Processes; Writing Skills; Writing Teachers; Written Language

How can social change become possible when secondary teachers approach argument as participation in ongoing conversations? The authors illustrate how--through writing, speaking, and reading to develop a letter to their principal arguing for a school policy change--secondary students participated in...