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Beyond These Shores: An Argument for Internationalizing Composition

Beyond These Shores: An Argument for Internationalizing Composition Beyond These Shores: An Argument for Internationalizing Composition Mark Schaub In the days following the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, many of us who teach composition courses at American colleges and universities felt compelled to talk about the events in our classes. Some of us even found ways to incorporate them into writing assignments that encouraged our students to investigate their own thoughts and feelings about the attacks and their after- math. Beyond our classrooms, across campuses, and in our communities, a new dialogue, unique in its unity and humanity, took place. That dialogue was about America: what it meant to us and what it meant to others. The dialogue was more wide-ranging on some campuses than on oth- ers. Accompanying it were deeper investigations of international policy and Middle Eastern cultures and religions, as well as analyses of propaganda over- seas and in the United States. On our campus at Grand Valley State Univer- sity, the Student Life Office, the Teaching and Learning Center, and the Mid- dle East Studies Program together offered regular seminars through early December on topics such as Islam, international press coverage, and Middle Eastern politics. These well-attended sessions, along with similar teaching http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Pedagogy Duke University Press

Beyond These Shores: An Argument for Internationalizing Composition

Schaub, Mark
Pedagogy , Volume 3 (1) – Jan 1, 2003
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© 2003 Duke University Press
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1531-4200
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Beyond These Shores: An Argument for Internationalizing Composition Mark Schaub In the days following the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, many of us who teach composition courses at American colleges and universities felt compelled to talk about the events in our classes. Some of us even found ways to incorporate them into writing assignments that encouraged our students to investigate their own thoughts and feelings about the attacks and their after- math. Beyond our classrooms, across campuses, and in our communities, a new dialogue, unique in its unity and humanity, took place. That dialogue was about America: what it meant to us and what it meant to others. The dialogue was more wide-ranging on some campuses than on oth- ers. Accompanying it were deeper investigations of international policy and Middle Eastern cultures and religions, as well as analyses of propaganda over- seas and in the United States. On our campus at Grand Valley State Univer- sity, the Student Life Office, the Teaching and Learning Center, and the Mid- dle East Studies Program together offered regular seminars through early December on topics such as Islam, international press coverage, and Middle Eastern politics. These well-attended sessions, along with similar teaching

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Pedagogy – Duke University Press

Published: Jan 1, 2003

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