Conceptions of literacy : graduate instructors and the teaching of first-year composition / Meaghan Brewer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brewer, Meaghan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Composition (Language arts)--Study and teaching.

Composition (Language arts).

Physical Description:

xix, 189 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Logan : Utah State University Press, [2020]

Summary:

""Proposes a theoretical framework for examining new graduate instructors' pre-conceptions about literacy. A qualitative, empirical study in their first year of teaching to describe complex belief systems and how that influences them as teacher-learners. Finding they come with conceptions of literacy that impacts their training"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Introduction : A framework for understanding the experiences of new graduate instructors

2. Yoga ashrams and mother-teachers: literacy for personal growth

3. Texts, hierarchy, and ritual: cultural literacy

4. Graduate Instructors at the threshold: threshold concepts, disciplinarity, and social/critical literacy

5. Conclusion : An emphasis on literacy in the practicum course.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Brewer, Meaghan, Conceptions of literacy

ISBN:

9781607329336

1607329336

OCLC:

1124778005