Beyond Fitting in: Rethinking First-Generation Writing and Literacy Education

Book Overview

Beyond Fitting In interrogates how the cultural capital and lived experiences of first-generation college students inform literacy studies and the writing-centered classroom. Essays, written by scholar-teachers in the field of rhetoric and composition, discuss best practices for teaching first-generation students in writing classrooms, centers, programs, and other environments. The collection considers how first-gen students of different...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603296034
• ISBN13: 9781603296038
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher