Beyond Assimilation: Tribal Colleges, Basic Writing, and the Exigencies of Settler Colonialism

Autor/in	Toth, Christie
Titel	Beyond Assimilation: Tribal Colleges, Basic Writing, and the Exigencies of Settler Colonialism
Quelle	In: Journal of Basic Writing, 32 (2013) 1, S.4-36 (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0147-1635
Schlagwörter	Tribally Controlled Education; Writing (Composition); Two Year Colleges; Socioeconomic Influences; Disadvantaged Schools; Developmental Studies Programs; Remedial Instruction; Writing Instruction; Teaching Methods; Political Issues; United States History; American Indian History; Racial Bias; Language Skills; American Indian Education; Access to Education; Equal Education; Navajo (Nation); Bilingual Students; Student Attitudes; English Instruction; Land Settlement; North American English; Dialects; Self Determination; Indigenous Populations; Writing Assignments; Arizona + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schreibübung; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Developmental studies; Developmental psychology; Study; Studies; Entwicklungspsychologie; Studium; Förderkurs; Schreibunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Politischer Faktor; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Schülerverhalten; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Siedlungsraum; Amerikanisches Englisch; Dialect; Dialekt; Selbstbestimmung; Sinti und Roma
Abstract	This article discusses basic writing pedagogy at a two-year tribal college, an institution type that has not been visible in the basic writing literature to date. In many tribal college contexts, socioeconomic challenges, under-resourced K-12 schools, and linguistic diversity all contribute to high student placement rates into "developmental" writing courses. Operating from the understanding that tribal college writing curricula are assertions of rhetorical sovereignty, I present a narrative of the pedagogical reasoning that led me to structure my basic writing course around the exigencies of U.S. settler colonialism--that is, the settler state's ongoing political, social, and economic project of controlling Indigenous peoples, lands, and resources. This approach encourages NativeAmerican students to develop critical language awareness and invites them to consider the importance of writing for furthering the interests of their communities and nations while meeting the tribal college's self-determined learning outcomes. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01