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The Orientation Curriculum In A Community College: An Interpretive Approach, Patricia Anne Gutierrez-Hartell
The Orientation Curriculum In A Community College: An Interpretive Approach, Patricia Anne Gutierrez-Hartell
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This study focused on curriculum used in a community college orientation program classroom where most of the students were Hispanic. Curriculum for the purpose of student orientation has become an essential tool for increasing student retention rates at institutions of higher education (Hendel, 2007; National Research Council Publications, 2009). While the objectives of orientation courses and their curricula have been documented, not much is known about how these objectives unfold in classrooms, particularly in classrooms serving Hispanic students.
Qualitative inquiry was the basis for my study. I relied on an ethnographic approach to conduct research that involved gathering data by …