Contents
Introduction: Why FYC Teachers’ Perspectives Are Important
Part 1: Refining Our Pedagogy
1: Negotiating Writing Identities Online and in Person: The Growth of Metacognition and Writing Awareness in FYC | Brenda Refaei and Ruth Benander
2: They Are Reading from Screens, But (How) Are They Reading from Screens? | Michael Larkin
3: The Socio-Cognitive Approach in Academic ESL Composition Classes | Barbara A. Auris
4: Using “Writing about Writing” Pedagogy with L2 and Developmental Readers and Writers at the Community College | Miriam Moore
Part 2: Teaching Toward Acceleration
5: Contract Grading as Anti-Racist Praxis in the Community College Context | Sarah Klotz and Carl Whithaus
6: First-Year Composition: Building Relationships to Teach Emerging Writers | Andrew Kranzman and Chandra Howard
7: Supporting English Learners with Disabilities in College Composition Courses | Caroline Torres
Part 3: Considering Programmatic Change
8: Teaching Writing in a STEM Learning Community: The Heart and Science of Communication | Gonzalo Arrizon
9: Motivating Students from Afar: Teaching English in a Live Broadcast Concurrent Enrollment Program | Kellyanne Ure, Kade Parry, and David A. Allred
10: Contextualized FYC Courses for Career Technical Education | Erin B. Jensen, Jennifer Stieger, and Whitney Zulim
Part 4: Considering Curriculum: Research and Policy
11: Heterogeneity among Community College English Learners: Who Are Our ELs in FYC and How Do They Compare? | Rebecca M. Callahan, Catherine E. Hartman, and Hongwei Yu
12: Avoiding the “Cliffs”: Korean International Community College Students and Rhetorical Flexibility | Justin G. Whitney
13: First-Year Composition Faculty in a Changing Community College Policy Landscape: Engagement, Agency, and Leadership in the Midst of Reform | George C. Bunch, Ann Endris, and Kylie Alisa Kenner
14: Combining Developmental Writing and First-Year Composition Classes: Faculty Perspectives on How Co-Requisite Teaching Affects Curriculum and Pedagogy | Heather B. Finn and Sharon Avni
15: Valuing Teacher Knowledge, Valuing Local Knowledge: FYC in Hawai‘i Community Colleges | Meryl Siegal
16: Institutional Research (IR) and Remediation Reform: A Contextualized Exploration for Faculty | Terrence Willett, Mallory Newell, and Craig Hayward
Conclusion: Listening to Teachers | Betsy Gilliland and Meryl Siegal
Questions for Reflection and Review
Glossary
Contributor Bios
Index