Reinventing Transfer from a Rhetorical Perspective
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-miami15563058470948262021-08-03T07:10:50Z Reinventing Transfer from a Rhetorical Perspective Johnson, Cynthia Chaos Rhetoric Composition transfer techne writing studies rhetoric methodology In this project, I set out to develop a rhetorical methodology for learning transfer that better suits the embodied, variable knowledges of rhetoric and writing studies. Current theories of transfer obscure the social and material factors that shape student learning, focusing instead on individual and task-based notions of transfer that provide limited perspectives. By building a theory of transfer that draws from and extends the rhetorical knowledge of the field, I situate transfer within writing studies and center students’ embodied experiences within the network of social and institutional pressures they navigate in order to build and communicate meaningful connections in their learning. Further, by foregrounding students’ unique experiences, this theory resists normative learning frameworks that contribute to the marginalization of particular identities.To build this rhetorical theory of transfer, I first use Chapter 1 to overview transfer scholarship as it exists, tracing it from its transdisciplinary roots to its adoption into writing studies. I then focus on the important scholarship that has been done to address the complexity of writing transfer, while I also point to some gaps and limitations that still exist in the research. In Chapter 2, I begin to recover and analyze the deep connection between transfer and techne, two concepts that hinge on the movement of rhetorical knowledge across contingent situations, looking to where theories and critiques of techne can inform our understandings of transfer. I close this chapter by pointing to six key, interrelated considerations for a rhetorical reading of transfer: heuristics, invention, power, metis, kairos, and embodiment. In Chapter 3, I build on the ways these concepts can inform transfer and flesh out a rhetorical methodology that works to center the social-material forces that shape transfer. I end the chapter by presenting a thematic code to be used in person-based studies of transfer. In Chapter 4, I then apply this rhetorical transfer methodology and thematic code to an interview study I conducted with students enrolled in multiple sections of Advanced Business Communication. This chapter not only demonstrates what a rhetorical methodology can reveal about transfer, but it provides insights into students’ lived experiences as they navigate institutional contexts. Lastly, in Chapter 5, I discuss the implications of a rhetorical transfer methodology. I lay out what I see as next steps in rhetorical transfer theory, research, and pedagogy, placing particular focus on immediate implications for the classroom. 2019-04-29 English text Miami University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1556305847094826 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1556305847094826 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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