Facing the Center Toward an Identity Politics of One-to-One Mentoring / Harry C. Denny.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Denny, Harry C.

Contributor:

This book is freely available in digital formats through the Utah State University Library Digital Commons., funder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multicultural education.

Mentoring.

Writing centers--Political aspects.

Writing centers.

Report writing--Study and teaching (Higher).

Report writing.

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.

English language.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the diversity of their clients as well as their professional and student staff, writing centers present a complicated set of relationships that inevitably affect the instruction they offer. In Facing the Center, Harry Denny unpacks the identity matrices that enrich teachable moments, and he explores the pedagogical dynamics and implications of identity within the writing center. The face of the writing center, be it mainstream or marginal, majority or miority, orthodox or subversive, always has implications for teaching and learning. Facing the Center will extend current resea

Contents:

Identity politics, face, and the pedagogy of one-to-one mentoring of writing

Facing race & ethnicity in the writing center

Facing class in the writing center

Facing sex & gender in the writing center

Facing nationality in the writing center

Facing the center redux.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780874217681

0874217687

OCLC:

635954981

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access