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Transiciones : Pathways of latinas and latinos writing in high school and college / Todd Ruecker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruecker, Todd Christopher, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.
- English language.
- English language--Study and teaching (Higher)--Spanish speakers.
- English language--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Spanish speakers.
- Language arts--Remedial teaching.
- Language arts.
- First-generation college students--United States.
- First-generation college students.
- Hispanic Americans--Education (Higher).
- Hispanic Americans.
- Hispanic Americans--Education (Secondary).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (230 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colorado : Utah State University, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 institutions reveal a rich picture of the conflicted experience of these students as they attempted to balance the demands of schooling with a variety of personal responsibilities.Todd Ruecker explores the disconnect between students' writing experiences in high school and higher education and examines
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; 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; References; About the Author; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780874219760
- 0874219760
- OCLC:
- 903420791
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