Rural Literacy Sponsorship Networks - Piloting Mixed-Methods Mapping for Small Communities

This text provides an in-depth exploration of rural community literacy, examining the ways in which community-building, social networks, time, race, and politics interplay.

List of contents

Introduction: An Ecological Approach to Rural Literacies 1. Why Worry About the Rural, and What is "The Rural" Anyway? 2. Interlude on Researcher Positionality 3. Sketching A Literacy Sponsorship Network: Visualization as Method and Rhetorical Practice 4. Functional Ecologies: Collective Collaboration in Abbyville's Literacy Sponsorship Network 5. Functional Ecologies: Collective Maintenance of Abbyville's Literacy Sponsorship Network 6. Racial Barriers to Literacy Sponsorship Roles in Abbyville 7. Not Always What, but How: Study Ethics, Methods, and Methodologies 8. Conclusion: Futures for Researching Small Literacy Sponsorship Networks Appendix A - Interview Questions Appendix B - Interview-Based Codebook

About the author

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

Summary

This text provides an in-depth exploration of rural community literacy, examining the ways in which community-building, social networks, time, race, and politics interplay.

Product details

• Authors: Amy McCleese Nichols, Amy Mccleese (Berea College Nichols
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.02.2024
• EAN: 9781032153230
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3215323-0
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Adult & Continuing Education, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, Secondary Schools, Moral and social purpose of education, Teaching of a specific subject, Adult education, continuous learning, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Primary & middle schools, Moral & social purpose of education, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Primary and middle schools, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General