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Peer reviewedBawarshi, Anis; Pelkowski, Stephanie – Writing Center Journal, 1999
Argues that the writing center is an ideal place to teach and practice a critical and self-reflective form of acculturation, encouraging underprepared students (especially those marginalized by race, class, and ethnicity) to adopt critical consciousness. Discusses acculturation verses the goals of critical consciousness, the traditional writing…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Basic Writing, Critical Thinking, Educationally Disadvantaged
