Supporting Student Literacy for the Transition to College - Working With Underrepresented Students in Pre College Outreach

Focusing on the needs and experiences of underrepresented students in the US, this text explores how pre-college outreach programs can effectively support the development of students' writing skills in preparation for the transition from high school to college.

Synthesizing data from a longitudinal study focusing on multilingual, low-income, and first-generation students, this volume provides in-depth exploration of the strategies and resources used in a pre-college literacy program in the US. Grounded in an expansive, qualitative study, chapters reveal how outreach practices can encourage student-led research, writing, confidence, and collaboration. More broadly, programs are shown to help tackle issues of inequality, increase college readiness, and reduce difficulties with writing which can restrict minority students' access to higher education and their longer-term college attainment.

This text will benefit researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in English and literacy studies, multicultural education, and pre-college writing instruction. Those interested in bilingualism, translingualism, writing studies, English as a second language (ESL), and applied linguistics will also benefit from the volume.

List of contents

1. Introduction ¿ Lost in Transit: Underrepresented Students¿ Access to College
Part 1: Student Stories
I: Ariel¿s Transitions
II: Gabrielle¿s Transitions
III: Savannah¿s Transitions
IV: Jared¿s Transitions
V: Marie¿s Transitions
Part 2: Social Supports


2. Collaborative Writing in Upward Bound


3. Peer Relationships in Upward Bound and School


4. Teacher-Student Relationships in Upward Bound and School
Part 3: Genre Awareness


5. Gate Opening Literacies: Opportunities in Real-World Writing


6. Gatekeeping Literacies: Restrictions in Real-World Writing
Part 4: New Pathways to Access and Success: A Realigned Approach to Literacy Instruction


7. Filling the Gaps in Research and Theory


8. Filling the Gaps in Programs

Epilogue: Transitioning: Postsecondary Options, Ongoing Needs

About the author

Shauna Wight is an Assistant Professor of English at Dixie State University, USA.

Summary

Focussing on the needs and experiences of underrepresented students in the US, this text explores how pre-college outreach programs can effectively support the development of students’ writing skills in preparation for the transition from high school to college.

Product details

• Authors: Shauna Wight, Shauna (Dixie State University Wight
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.01.2023
• EAN: 9781032008899
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3200889-9
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: Routledge Research in Literacy Education
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; EDUCATION / General, English, EDUCATION / Language Experience Approach, EDUCATION / Counseling / Academic Development, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, EDUCATION / Bilingual Education, Communication Studies, Secondary Schools, Literature: history & criticism, Language: history & general works, Moral and social purpose of education, Teaching of a specific subject, Language teaching theory and methods, Language teaching and learning, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Multicultural education, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Language: history and general works, Moral & social purpose of education, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, EDUCATION / Teaching / General, Applied linguistics for ELT