Connecting Autoethnography with Service Learning: A Critical Communication Pedagogical Approach

Abstract

Course: Small Group Communication

Objectives: Students will apply small group communication principles to a service learning project and learn how autoethnography is a means of writing reflexively about their experiences. Specifically, students will do so by (1) applying their understanding of oppression to their own lives, (2) analyzing how their community experiences relate to other experiences in their lives, (3) evaluating power relationships, and (4) creating a coherent piece of writing that reflects their learning about power in society.