Using Fiction to Support Identity Development and Transition in Conditionally-Enrolled Students

The transition to college can be difficult for many first-year students. Students who are conditionally enrolled may struggle more than their peers in terms of feeling comfortable in an academic setting. This case study explores how conditionally-enrolled students who participated in a summer bridg...

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Main Author: Emily E Virtue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of North Carolina Wilmington 2019-11-01
Series:Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education
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Online Access:https://jethe.org/index.php/jethe/article/view/40
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spelling doaj-57dedf48fe2f485d8189ee94d2b863532021-06-08T18:07:08ZengUniversity of North Carolina WilmingtonJournal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education2578-76082019-11-012210.36021/jethe.v2i2.40Using Fiction to Support Identity Development and Transition in Conditionally-Enrolled StudentsEmily E Virtue0Western Carolina University The transition to college can be difficult for many first-year students. Students who are conditionally enrolled may struggle more than their peers in terms of feeling comfortable in an academic setting. This case study explores how conditionally-enrolled students who participated in a summer bridge program read popular literature to explore their own struggles in the transition to college. Findings call for faculty and staff who work with conditionally-enrolled students to support and accept identity exploration in the classroom, particularly during the first semester. https://jethe.org/index.php/jethe/article/view/40identityfirst-year transitionfacultyfiction
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Using Fiction to Support Identity Development and Transition in Conditionally-Enrolled Students
Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education
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title Using Fiction to Support Identity Development and Transition in Conditionally-Enrolled Students
title_short Using Fiction to Support Identity Development and Transition in Conditionally-Enrolled Students
title_full Using Fiction to Support Identity Development and Transition in Conditionally-Enrolled Students
title_fullStr Using Fiction to Support Identity Development and Transition in Conditionally-Enrolled Students
title_full_unstemmed Using Fiction to Support Identity Development and Transition in Conditionally-Enrolled Students
title_sort using fiction to support identity development and transition in conditionally-enrolled students
publisher University of North Carolina Wilmington
series Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education
issn 2578-7608
publishDate 2019-11-01
description The transition to college can be difficult for many first-year students. Students who are conditionally enrolled may struggle more than their peers in terms of feeling comfortable in an academic setting. This case study explores how conditionally-enrolled students who participated in a summer bridge program read popular literature to explore their own struggles in the transition to college. Findings call for faculty and staff who work with conditionally-enrolled students to support and accept identity exploration in the classroom, particularly during the first semester.
topic identity
first-year transition
faculty
fiction
url https://jethe.org/index.php/jethe/article/view/40
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