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Indigenous Student Responses Of Resiliency To Adversity, Aaron Billie
Indigenous Student Responses Of Resiliency To Adversity, Aaron Billie
Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs
The purpose of this study was to analyze the responses of Indigenous students as they experience situations that are adversarial and precarious. One of the goals of this study was to empower voices of Indigenous students in providing an avenue to share their genuine stories of resilience. I served as both researcher and mentor as I applied a Navajo framework to the analysis of the data known as Nitl‘iz Saad bee Hozho Iina Sila (NSBHIS), or beautiful lifeways exist within the language of precious elements. The four areas of this framework held up the salient outcomes from the research which …
Academic Resilience In An Academic Setting: A Case Study Of The Unm German Summer School, John Reinert
Academic Resilience In An Academic Setting: A Case Study Of The Unm German Summer School, John Reinert
Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs
This dissertation is a historical case study that focused on the founding and continuation of the GSSch to define the term, academic resilience and to determine how the GSSch had impacted academic resilience. I examined qualitative data from interviews alongside research published during the founding (i.e. mid-1970s) and continuation (i.e. 1975-2020) of the GSSch. I used the research to examine how the actions of the leadership fit within the social and political climates of their time. This dissertation has gone above and beyond expectations by not only defining the term, academic resilience but also by providing authentic examples of both …