When Bootstraps Break: Re-Examining Assumptions about the Symbolic Capital of Immigrant Students' Personal Persistence Narratives

Autor/inn/en	Suh, Emily K.; McGee, Barrie E.; Owens, Sam
Titel	When Bootstraps Break: Re-Examining Assumptions about the Symbolic Capital of Immigrant Students' Personal Persistence Narratives
Quelle	In: Journal of Basic Writing, 40 (2021) 1, S.68-98 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0147-1635
Schlagwörter	Basic Writing; Immigrants; Personal Narratives; Student Experience; Writing Instruction; Tutoring; Identification (Psychology); Educational Environment; Participation; Communities of Practice; College Students; Adults; Persistence; English (Second Language); English Language Learners + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Erlebniserzählung; Studienerfahrung; Schreibunterricht; Förderkonzept; Nachhilfeunterricht; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Teilnahme; Community; Collegestudent; Ausdauer; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache
Abstract	In the hopes of deepening Basic Writing instructors' critical awareness of their authority in assigning meaning to student experience, we present a case study of two adult-arrival immigrant students. We explore the ways that writing instructors and tutors encourage students' personal narratives of persistence--rather than actual persistence habits--and shape their academic and person identities, at times in ways beyond students' choosing. We call into question the relevance and utility of applying the popular theoretical framework of symbolic capital (Bourdieu) to Basic Writing and college literacy pedagogy. Instead, we call for Basic Writing instructors to respond to students' personal narratives as a form of participation within a specific academic discourse community. This work requires refocusing the learning environment as a community of practice to center student agency alongside educators' and students' participation goals, while providing students with an explicit introduction to participation expectations so that they can make informed decisions about how and when they choose to share personal stories. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01