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Author Ruecker, Todd Christopher, author.

Title Transiciones : pathways of Latinas and Latinos writing in high school and college / Todd Ruecker.

Publication Info. Logan [Utah] : Utah State University Press, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject First-generation college students -- United States.
First-generation college students.
United States.
Hispanic Americans -- Education (Secondary)
Hispanic Americans -- Education (Secondary)
Hispanic Americans.
Hispanic Americans -- Education (Higher)
Hispanic Americans -- Education (Higher)
Language arts -- Remedial teaching.
Language arts -- Remedial teaching.
English language -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Spanish speakers.
English language -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Spanish speakers.
English language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Spanish speakers.
English language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Spanish speakers.
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching.
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Ruecker, Todd Christopher. Transiciones : pathways of Latinas and Latinos writing in high school and college. Logan : Utah State University Press, 2015 9780874219753 (DLC) 2014007955 (OCoLC)879642328
ISBN 9780874219760 (ebook)
0874219760
9781457188756
1457188759
9781457188732
1457188732
9780874219753 (paperback)
0874219752

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