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At War with Words: Understanding U.S. Service-Personnel's Literate Practices for a Universal Design for Learning Worldview

Grohowski, Mariana
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1421692543

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2015, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, English (Rhetoric and Writing) PhD.
Learners—e.g., students and research participants—face unique and invisible barriers to making and sharing knowledge. In fact, some individuals prefer to express themselves in modes that do not comply with “school-sponsored” (Emig, 1971) composing practices. Given writing studies teacher-scholars’ established reputation advocating for students of varied abilities, needs, and experiences, this project contends that Universal Design for Learning (UDL) could sustain writing studies teacher-scholars’ continued efforts for student advocacy and diverse learning practices. Stemming from disability studies, UDL fosters practices that are inclusive and accessible from inception for learners, including but not limited to individuals with military experience. Using mixed methods procedures for conducting and representing findings, this project shares the “self-sponsored” (Emig, 1971) multimodal literate practices of 301 current and former, male and female U.S. Military service personnel—including but not limited to their use of digital technologies. Findings reveal that literate practices foster complex identity negotiations and a sense of personal agency. Indeed, co-interpreters testify to the ways in which composing practices affirm their differences (identities) and agency as survivors—not victims—of trauma through their use of multimodal practices like drawing and public speaking, which a UDL worldview best facilitates.
Kristine Blair (Committee Chair)
Lee Nickoson (Committee Member)
Sue Carter Wood (Committee Member)
Alexis Hart (Committee Member)
Laura Lengel (Committee Member)
338 p.
Composition; Rhetoric
Universal design for learning; Military service personnel; Mixed methods research; Writing studies

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  • Grohowski, M. (2015). At War with Words: Understanding U.S. Service-Personnel's Literate Practices for a Universal Design for Learning Worldview [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1421692543

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Grohowski, Mariana. At War with Words: Understanding U.S. Service-Personnel's Literate Practices for a Universal Design for Learning Worldview . 2015. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1421692543.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Grohowski, Mariana. "At War with Words: Understanding U.S. Service-Personnel's Literate Practices for a Universal Design for Learning Worldview ." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1421692543

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