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Service Learning and Multiculturalism: Integrating Cultural Knowledge of Native Elders into the Writing Classroom

Service-learning experiences can introduce students to locations they typically might not encounter in the composition classroom. This paper discusses a unique program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks that provides a rich and productive contact zone for students. Specifically, the paper discusses the author/educator's attempts to connect her writing students with a program that brings Native Elders to the campus where they serve as Elders-in-Residence.

• Author/Creator: Bordelon, Suzanne
• Date Published: 03-00
• Year: 2002

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Students
• Subject: Service Learning
• Subject: Student Reaction
• Subject: Writing Instruction

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