Retention and resistance : writing instruction and students who leave / Pegeen Reichert Powell.
By: Powell, Pegeen Reichert.
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BookPublisher: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2013]Copyright date: �2013Description: 1 online resource (157 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780874219319 (e-book).Subject(s): College dropouts -- United States -- Prevention | College attendance -- United States | College dropouts -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Dropout behavior, Prediction of -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | College dropouts -- Research -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 378.1/6913 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Summary: "Retention and Resistance combines personal student narratives with a critical analysis of the current approach to retention in colleges and universities, and explores how retention can inform a revision of goals for first-year writing teachers.Retention is a vital issue for institutions, but as these students' stories show, leaving college is often the result of complex and idiosyncratic individual situations that make institutional efforts difficult and ultimately ineffective. An adjustment of institutional and pedagogical objectives is needed to refocus on educating as many students as possible, including those who might leave before graduation.Much of the pedagogy, curricula, and methodologies of composition studies assume students are preparing for further academic study. Retention and Resistance argues for a new kairotic pedagogy that moves toward an emphasis on the present classroom experience and takes students' varied experiences into account. Infusing the discourse of retention with three individual student voices, Powell explores the obligation of faculty to participate in designing an institution that educates all students, no matter where they are in their educational journey or how far that journey will go"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Retention and Resistance combines personal student narratives with a critical analysis of the current approach to retention in colleges and universities, and explores how retention can inform a revision of goals for first-year writing teachers.Retention is a vital issue for institutions, but as these students' stories show, leaving college is often the result of complex and idiosyncratic individual situations that make institutional efforts difficult and ultimately ineffective. An adjustment of institutional and pedagogical objectives is needed to refocus on educating as many students as possible, including those who might leave before graduation.Much of the pedagogy, curricula, and methodologies of composition studies assume students are preparing for further academic study. Retention and Resistance argues for a new kairotic pedagogy that moves toward an emphasis on the present classroom experience and takes students' varied experiences into account. Infusing the discourse of retention with three individual student voices, Powell explores the obligation of faculty to participate in designing an institution that educates all students, no matter where they are in their educational journey or how far that journey will go"-- Provided by publisher.
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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