Enhancing Social Cognition and Promoting Social Justice: Teaching Literature in the Developmental Classroom

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Main Author:	Mason, April L.
Language:	English
Published:	Kent State University / OhioLINK 2019
Subjects:	American Literature Community College Education Community Colleges Education Higher Education Literature Teaching social justice community colleges literature developmental English
Online Access:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1563458723691485

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spelling	ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-kent15634587236914852021-08-03T07:11:54Z Enhancing Social Cognition and Promoting Social Justice: Teaching Literature in the Developmental Classroom Mason, April L. American Literature Community College Education Community Colleges Education Higher Education Literature Teaching social justice community colleges literature developmental English MASON, APRIL L., Ph.D., August 2019ENGLISHENHANCING SOCIAL COGNITION AND PROMOTING SOCIAL JUSTICE: TEACHING LITERATURE IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL CLASSROOM (199 PP.)Dissertation Advisor: Mark Bracher For decades, community colleges have focused almost exclusively on developmental students' academic deficiencies, failing to consider and adopt pedagogical practices that recognize at-risk students' unique psychological and social needs. As a result, developmental students' low retention and high attrition rates have led many to conclude that this student population is incapable of succeeding academically. This study argues that addressing only a fraction of developmental students' needs predisposes them to failure, and that being academically underprepared is not the root cause of students' low success rates. The history of developmental education, the characteristics of first-generation students, and the stigma and cognitive effects of poverty suggest that developmental students are affected by insecure identities that require distinctive approaches to increase their odds of academic and personal success. Helping developmental students achieve a more secure identity should enhance their ability to reach their full potential and achieve academic and personal success. This project explains how literary study can strengthen developmental students' identities by correcting faulty assumptions that they have about themselves. The results suggest that this pedagogy can provide identity-supporting recognition and strengthen developmental students' devalued identities. 2019-07-23 English text Kent State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1563458723691485 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1563458723691485 restricted--full text unavailable until 2022-05-18 This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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Enhancing Social Cognition and Promoting Social Justice: Teaching Literature in the Developmental Classroom

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