Rural literacy sponsorship networks : piloting mixed-methods mapping for small communities / Amy McCleese Nichols.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nichols, Amy McCleese, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literacy programs--Southern States.

Literacy programs.

Education, Rural--Southern States.

Education, Rural.

Southern States--Rural conditions.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 159 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Biography/History:

Amy McCleese Nichols is the Director of Writing Resources and Associate Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Berea College.

Contents:

Introduction : an ecological approach to rural literacies

Why worry about the rural, and what is "the rural" anyway?

Interlude on researcher positionality

Sketching a literacy sponsorship network : visualization as method and rhetorical practice

Functional ecologies : collective collaboration in Abbyville's literacy sponsorship network

Functional ecologies : collective maintenance of Abbyville's literacy sponsorship network

Racial barriers to literacy sponsorship roles in Abbyville

Not always what, but how : study ethics, methods, and methodologies

Conclusion : futures for researching small literacy sponsorship networks

Appendix A. Interview questions

Appendix B. Interview-based codebook.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 11, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Nichols, Amy McCleese. Rural literacy sponsorship networks

ISBN:

9781003246916

1003246915

9781003852872

1003852874

9781003852865

1003852866

Publisher Number:

40032317823

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.