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Retention and resistance: writing instruction and students who leave

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dc.contributor.authorPowell, Pegeen Reichert, author
dc.contributor.authorUtah State University Press, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:48:02Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:48:02Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references and index.
dc.description.abstractRetention 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.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumbooks
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/88151
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUtah State University Press
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dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.
dc.subject.lcshCollege dropouts -- United States -- Prevention
dc.subject.lcshCollege attendance -- United States
dc.subject.lcshCollege dropouts -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
dc.subject.lcshDropout behavior, Prediction of -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
dc.subject.lcshCollege dropouts -- Research -- United States
dc.titleRetention and resistance: writing instruction and students who leave
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