Do I really have to Teach them to Read and Write? Education Equity Mindset and Teaching Literacy across the College Curriculum

Louis S. Nadelson, Amy Baldwin, Amanda Martin, Ron Novy, Keith Pachlhofer, Kevin Powell, Erin Shaw, Amy Thompson and Jeff Whittingham

Higher Education Studies, 2022, vol. 12, issue 1, 26

Abstract: Reading and writing are fundamental skills students need to succeed in college, making literacy development an issue of education equity. The literacy skills can be content-specific, indicating faculty members across disciplines need to support student development of appropriate literacy skills. The extent to which faculty members support student literacy development is likely associated with their literacy-focused education equity mindset. The goal of our research was to document the mindset of faculty members across multiple disciplines. We gathered a combination of quantitative and qualitative data from 345 college faculty members using a survey. We found variations in the mindset strength between disciplines by the number of students taught, gender, and age. Overall, the faculty members held a moderate literacy-focused education equity mindset. The findings have implications for student inclusion, retention, and completion.

Date: 2022
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