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Discovering argument: linking literacy, citizenship education, and persuasive advocacy

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posted on 2023-05-18, 05:49 authored by Peter BrettPeter Brett, Damon Thomas
This paper explores persuasive writing and what more might be done to help equip young people with the written literacy tools to be effective participants in civic activism. Firstly, we argue from an Australian (and Tasmanian) context that there may be merit in teachers and students re-visiting some of the advice from classical rhetoric around the discovery of arguments. Secondly, we analyse challenges that 14 year old students face in responding to Australia’s national literacy tests which include a persuasive writing task – and exemplify this section with evidence drawn from a data source of outstanding student responses. We conclude by critically reviewing and augmenting the literacy strategies suggested in a representative citizenship education teaching text, and suggest a tentative stepped model for supporting high quality persuasive writing in the context of active citizenship and democratic engagement.

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Publication title

Journal of Social Science Education

Volume

13

Issue

4

Pagination

61-72

ISSN

1618-5293

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

Sowi-Online

Place of publication

Bielfeld, Germany

Rights statement

Copyright 2014 JSSE

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Teaching and curriculum not elsewhere classified

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