Teaching Struggling Students Lessons Learned from Both Sides of the
“Within this book, Harrison gives us a unique gift. By looking from the inside outward, and placing herself in a student-researcher-faculty member liminal space, she offers an empathic, self-aware, and smart autoethnographic telling of what it is like to
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Laura M. Harrison
Teaching Struggling Students
Laura M. Harrison
Teaching Struggling Students Lessons Learned from Both Sides of the Classroom
Laura M. Harrison Ohio University Athens, OH, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-13011-4 ISBN 978-3-030-13012-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13012-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2019932968 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © John Rawsterne/patternhead.com This Palgrave Pivot imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
I dedicate this book to all students who find the courage to struggle.
Acknowledgements
I want to thank Milana Vernikova at Palgrave Macmillan for inviting me to write this book, a process that has allowed me to grow as both a writer and teacher. Thanks also to Linda Braus, who shepherded the book through the process with effectiveness and humor. I also want to thank Murali Dharan for his great work on the editing process. Thanks also to those who reviewed the initial proposal and gave incredibly useful feedback. I don’t know who you are, but I know that your close attention guided me many times in the writing. I talked to my own students frequently about my struggling student experience, both when I was having it and when I was writing about it. They were endlessly encouraging, sharing both their own stories of struggle as well as sources that helped me to think about the issues more creatively. This is true of my colleagues as well, so I want to acknowledge my Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) community. More specifically, I want to express my gratitude to the following HESA students and colleagues whose expertise informed my work: Joe Carver (online educati
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