Mainstreaming Basic Writers - Politics and Pedagogies of Access

Explores the many facets of the mainstreaming movement in college-level basic writing that are currently being debated. Examines the theoretical, political, & pedagogical concerns that arise as pressures push colleges to eliminate basic writing programs.

List of contents

Contents: M.S. Sternglass, Foreword. Preface. G. McNenny, Writing Instruction and the Post-Remedial University: Setting the Scene for the Mainstreaming Debate in Basic Writing. Part I:The Controversy Surrounding Mainstreaming: Theory, Politics, and Practice.E.M. White, Revisiting the Importance of Placement and Basic Studies: Evidence of Success. I. Shor, Errors and Economics: Inequality Breeds Remediation. M. Soliday, Ideologies of Access and the Politics of Agency. T.G. Collins, K. Lynch, Mainstreaming? Eddy, Rivulet, Backwater, Site Specificity. E. Agnew, M. McLaughlin, Those Crazy Gates and How They Swing: Tracking the System That Tracks African-American Students. M. Singer, Moving the Margins. Part II:Alternative Configurations for Basic Writing.B. Gleason, Returning Adults to the Mainstream: Toward a Curriculum for Diverse Student Writers. R. Winslow, M. Mische, Rethinking At-Risk Students' Knowledge and Needs: Heroes' Decisions and Students' Quests for Identity and Meaning in a Content Composition Course. M. Wiley, Mainstreaming and Other Experiments in a Learning Community. T. Smoke, Mainstreaming Writing: What Does This Mean for ESL Students? S.H. Fitzgerald, The Context Determines Our Choice: Curriculum, Students, and Faculty.

About the author

Gerri McNenny, Sallyanne H. Fitzgerald

Summary

Explores the many facets of the mainstreaming movement in college-level basic writing that are currently being debated. Examines the theoretical, political, & pedagogical concerns that arise as pressures push colleges to eliminate basic writing programs.

Product details

• Assisted by: Sallyanne H Fitzgerald (Editor), Sallyanne H. Fitzgerald (Editor), Fitzgerald Sallyanne H. (Editor), Gerri McNenny (Editor), McNenny Gerri (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2001
• EAN: 9780805835748
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-3574-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Weight: 480 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; USA, EDUCATION / Adult & Continuing Education, United States of America, USA, Study & learning skills: general, Adult education, continuous learning, STUDY AIDS / Study & Test-Taking Skills, Study and learning skills: general