Basic Skills Education in Community Colleges

Inside and Outside of Classrooms

W Norton Grubb

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Routledge
08 December 2012

Literacy strategies; Numeracy strategies; Higher & further education, tertiary education

Nearly two-thirds of students require some form of remediation before taking college-level classes, and community colleges have become increasingly important in providing this education. Unfortunately, relatively few students complete the developmental courses required to make a transition to college-level work. Based on a three-year study of over twenty community colleges, Basic Skills Education in Community Colleges analyzes developmental education practices, exploring what goes wrong and what goes right, and provides a series of recommendations for improved practice.

Including both classroom observations and interviews with administrators, faculty, and students, this valuable book balances critique with examples of innovation. Part One explores the instructional settings of basic skills—the use of drill and practice and remedial pedagogy in math, reading, writing, and ESL, as well as innovations in colleges that show developmental education need not follow remedial pedagogy. Part Two examines institutional factors shaping basic skills and provides recommendations for improving the quality of basic skills instruction. The research-grounded observations and recommendations in Basic Skills Education in Community Colleges make this an invaluable resource for scholars, administrators, and faculty aiming to help students progress through developmental education to college-level work and beyond.

By: W Norton Grubb
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 630g
ISBN: 9780415634748
ISBN 10: 0415634741
Pages: 252
Publication Date: 08 December 2012
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1 Understanding the Quandary of Basic Skills: Framing the Issues in Community Colleges Chapter 2 Developmental Students: Their Heterogeneity, Readiness, and Perspectives SECTION ONE: INSIDE THE CLASSROOM Chapter 3 Instruction in Basic Skills: The Dominance of Remedial Pedagogy Chapter 4 Innovation in Basic Skills Instruction: The Landscape and the Locus of Change Chapter 5 Student Support Services: Their Possibilities and Limits Chapter 6 Integrating Student Services with Instruction: Chaffey College’s Long Journey to Success SECTION TWO: INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTS ON CLASSROOMS Chapter 7 Assessment and Alignment: The Dynamic Aspects of Developmental Education Chapter 8 Funding, Resources, and the Money Myth: Effects on Instruction and Innovation Chapter 9 Other Institutional Effects on Instruction and Innovation Chapter 10 Solving the Basic Skills Dilemma: Conclusions and Recommendations

W. Norton Grubb is the Emeritus Professor and David Pierpont Gardner Chair in Higher Education at The Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, USA. Robert Gabriner is Professor of Educational Leadership and Director of the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program for Schools and Community Colleges at San Francisco State University, USA.

Reviews for Basic Skills Education in Community Colleges: Inside and Outside of Classrooms

"""Basic Skills Education in Community Colleges is one of the rare studies of higher education that takes us inside the classroom, in this case, community college basic skills classrooms. [Grubb and Gabriner] provide in just over 200 pages a comprehensive overview of the problems with instruction in remedial writing, reading, English as a second language, and mathematics and a set of recommendations for improving remediation."" —Mike Rose, UCLA"