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Sowing the seeds of citizenship and social justice

Service-learning in a public speaking course

Gallaudet University, Washington DC, USA, lillie.ransom{at}gallaudet.edu

Students enrolled in two sections of the public speaking courses at a small liberal arts university were required to do 10 hours of service in a local not for profit agency. Student comments indicate that doing service-learning in these courses affected their self-perceptions and expectations as deaf persons in a local community. This article will also discuss the ways the university is responding to the service-learning pedagogy to encourage citizenship and social justice values for students who tend to be somewhat alienated from the surrounding community.

Key Words: citizenship • deaf students • public speaking courses • service-learning • social justice

Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, Vol. 4, No. 3, 211-224 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1746197909340871


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