Beyond Fitting In: Rethinking First-Generation Writing and Literacy Education - Softcover

Kelly Ritter (editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1603296034 ISBN 13: 9781603296038

Publisher: Modern Language Association, 2023

Synopsis

Guidance on teaching writing to first-generation college students.

Beyond Fitting In interrogates how the cultural capital and lived experiences of first-generation college students inform literacy studies and the writing-centered classroom. Essays, written by scholar-teachers in the field of rhetoric and composition, discuss best practices for teaching first-generation students in writing classrooms, centers, programs, and other environments. The collection considers how first-gen students of different demographics interact with and affect literacy instruction in a variety of public and private, rural and urban schools offering two- or four-year programs, including Hispanic-serving institutions, historically Black colleges and universities, and public research universities. By exploring the experiences of students, teachers, writing program administrators, and writing center directors, the volume gives readers an inside view of the practices and structures that shape the literacy of first-generation students.

Edition details

• Publisher: Modern Language Association
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1603296034
• ISBN 13: 9781603296038
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 354