Acts of Defiance (and Other Mixed Messages): Taking Up Space in a Nontransfer Course

Teaching English in the Two-Year College Dec 1997

Acts of Defiance (and Other Mixed Messages): Taking Up Space in a Nontransfer Course

Smokey Wilson

Abstract

Argues that the labels "basic" or "developmental" as applied to students often obscure the complexities of knowing who is underprepared for what, kinds of barriers that countermand mastery, and instructors’ roles in helping construct these barriers. Views closely the behaviors by which four students in a developmental writing class presented themselves.

Journal: Teaching English in the Two-Year College
Published: 1997-12-01
DOI: 10.58680/tetyc19973835
Open Access: Closed
Topics: basic writing

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