ERIC Number: EJ1247931
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0737-7363
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Toward the Transparency of Symbolic Violence in Developmental English at Urban-Serving Community Colleges: A Thought Experiment
Perun, Stefan Austin
Journal of Continuing Higher Education, v68 n1 p1-14 2020
Developmental English in urban-serving community colleges was considered as the site where racial and ethnic minority students who are deemed underprepared for college must learn the white, middle-class literacy conventions valued in higher education. The idea of symbolic violence--the systematic devaluation of one's culture--was used as a theoretical framework to synthesize the available evidence of students' learning experiences in these courses. A thought experiment suggested that making transparent the symbolic violence that students experience would likely (a) shape more effective course designs and pedagogies, (b) encourage students' autonomous learning behaviors, and (c) dignify both the professors and students in these courses.
Descriptors: Violence, Remedial Instruction, English Instruction, Community Colleges, Urban Schools, Minority Group Students, Learning Experience, Two Year College Students, Racial Bias
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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