Identity matters : schooling the student body in academic discourse / Donna LeCourt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

LeCourt, Donna, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical pedagogy--United States.

Critical pedagogy.

English language--Study and teaching (Higher)--Social aspects.

English language--Study and teaching (Higher).

United States.

Multicultural education--United States.

Multicultural education.

English language--Study and teaching (Higher)--Social aspects--United States.

English language.

Education--Biographical methods.

Education.

Physical Description:

ix, 245 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2004]

Summary:

"Identity Matters explores the question that consistently plagues composition teachers: why do their pedagogies so often fail? Donna LeCourt suggests that the answer may lie with the very identities, values, and modes of expression higher education cultivates. In a book that "does precisely what it theoreizes, LeCourt analyzes student-written literacy autobiographies to examine how students interact with and challenge cultural theories of identity. This analysis demonstrates that writing instruction does, indeed, matter and has a significant influence on how students imagine their potential in both academic and cultural realms. LeCourt paints not only a compelling and vexing picture of how students interact with academic discourse as both mind and body, but also offers hope for a reconceived pedagogy of social-material writing practice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index.

ISBN:

079146055X

0791460568

OCLC:

52749875