Conceptions of literacy : graduate instructors and the teaching of first-year composition / Meaghan Brewer.

"Proposes a theoretical framework for examining new graduate instructors' pre-conceptions about literacy. A qualitative, empirical study in their first year of teaching to describe complex belief systems and how that influences them as teacher-learners. Finding they come with conceptions o...

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Main Author: Brewer, Meaghan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2020]
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction : A framework for understanding the experiences of new graduate instructors
  • 2. Yoga ashrams and mother-teachers: literacy for personal growth
  • 3. Texts, hierarchy, and ritual: cultural literacy
  • 4. Graduate Instructors at the threshold: threshold concepts, disciplinarity, and social/critical literacy
  • 5. Conclusion : An emphasis on literacy in the practicum course.