Transiciones : pathways of Latinas and Latinos writing in high school and college /

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Transiciones is a thorough ethnography of seven Latino students in transition between high school and community college or university. Data gathered over two years of interviews with the students, their high school English teachers, and their writing teachers and administrators at postsecondary inst...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ruecker, Todd Christopher (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan [Utah] : Utah State University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
First-generation college students > United States.
Hispanic Americans > Education (Secondary)
Hispanic Americans > Education (Higher)
Language arts > Remedial teaching.
English language > Study and teaching (Secondary) > Spanish speakers.
English language > Study and teaching (Higher) > Spanish speakers.
English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching.
Étudiants de première génération > États-Unis.
Américains d'origine latino-américaine > Enseignement secondaire.
Arts du langage > Enseignement correctif.
Anglais (Langue) > Étude et enseignement (Supérieur) > Hispanophones.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
English language > Study and teaching (Secondary) > Spanish speakers
English language > Study and teaching (Higher) > Spanish speakers
English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching
First-generation college students
Language arts > Remedial teaching
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. College decisions and institutional disparities
  • 3. Struggling transitions
  • 4. Difficult but successful transitions
  • 5. Smooth transitions
  • 6. An unpredictable transition
  • 7. Contextualizing transitions to college
  • 8. The role of composition researchers, teachers, and administrators
  • Epilogue and final thoughts
  • Appendix A. Student surveys and interview protocols
  • Appendix B. Teacher and administrator interview protocols.

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