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2018
Volume 76, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 0010-096X
  • E-ISSN: 1939-9006

Abstract

This article reports findings from interviews with twenty college instructors who have facilitated multimodal advocacy projects, identifying their affective significance through reflections. Based on our qualitative analysis of instructor responses, we present the implications of multimodal engagement and what it means for doing social advocacy pedagogies with the community.

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