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1 online resource (157 pages) |
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data file |
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Handbook |
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polychrome |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Retention and Resistance combines personal student narratives with a critical analysis of the current approach to retention in colleges and universities, and explores how retention can inform a revision of goals for first-year writing teachers. Retention is a vital issue for institutions, but as these students' stories show, leaving college is often the result of complex and idiosyncratic individual situations that make institutional efforts difficult and ultimately ineffective. An adjustment of institutional and pedagogical objectives is needed to refocus on educating as many students as possible, including those who might leave before graduation. Much of the pedagogy, curricula, and methodologies of composition studies assume students are preparing for further academic study. Retention and Resistance argues for a new kairotic pedagogy that moves toward an emphasis on the present classroom experience and takes students' varied experiences into account. Infusing the discourse of retention with three individual student voices, Powell explores the obligation of faculty to participate in designing an institution that educates all students, no matter where they are in their educational journey or how far that journey will go"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction: Paying Attention to the Discourse of Retention in Higher Education; 1. A Story of Retention Research; 2. The Seduction and Betrayal of the Discourse of Retention; 3. The Possibility of Failure; 4. Beyond Retention; References; About the Author; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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College dropouts -- United States -- Prevention.
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College dropouts. |
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United States. |
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College attendance -- United States.
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College attendance. |
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College dropouts -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Dropout behavior, Prediction of -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Dropout behavior, Prediction of. |
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College dropouts -- Research -- United States.
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College dropouts -- Research. |
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Electronic books.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Print version: Powell, Pegeen Reichert. Retention and resistance : writing instruction and students who leave. Logan : Utah State University Press, [2013] 9780874219302 (DLC) 17966239 |
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9780874219319 (e-book) |
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0874219310 (e-book) |
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0874219302 (paperback) |
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9780874219302 (paperback) |
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9780874219302 (paperback) |
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