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

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Ruecker, Todd Christopher [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Logan [Utah] : Utah State University Press, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780874219760
0874219760
9781457188756
1457188759
9781457188732
1457188732

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Transiciones : pathways of Latinas and Latinos writing in high school and college.DDC classification:

808/.042071 23

LOC classification:

PE1405.U6 R76 2015

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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