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Direct linkEmily K. Suh; Bethany E. Sweeney – Journal of Basic Writing, 2025
Developmental education and equity work, both of which are foundational to the work of basic writing, are under attack. In this article, we present a critical discourse analysis of paradigmatic texts representing the unique perspectives of four organizations that have sought to articulate a relationship between developmental education, equity, and…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Developmental Studies Programs, Discourse Analysis, Basic Writing
Download full textMcGee, Barrie S.; Williams, Jeanine L.; Armstrong, Sonya L.; Holschuh, Jodi P. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2021
"Remedial Trap." "Bridge to Nowhere." "Completion Divide." Such language used to describe the field of Developmental Education (DE), especially by those outside the field, is undeniably deficit oriented. In this manuscript, we initiate a dialog that critiques such portrayals of DE, particularly those that appear in…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Instruction, Educational Policy, Educational Change
Suh, Emily K. – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2022
This article continues the conversation begun in Armstrong's (2020) call to Dev Ed'rs kept awake by uncertainty about their professional identity and the future of "The Field" of developmental education and college literacy. Through the lenses of critical discourse analysis and discourse communities, the author examined how Dev Ed'rs…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Equal Education, Developmental Studies Programs, Discourse Analysis
Melzer, Dan – Journal of Basic Writing, 2015
In this essay I conduct a Critical Discourse Analysis of the language surrounding the California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office latest plan to curb remediation, the Early Start program. I consider Early Start in the context of what I argue is the evolution of three major frameworks for Basic Writing in the CSU: the CSU Chancellor's…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Remedial Instruction, Basic Writing, Writing Instruction
