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An Examination Of Peer Influences On Identity In The Art Classroom, Nova K. Mead
An Examination Of Peer Influences On Identity In The Art Classroom, Nova K. Mead
Middle and Secondary Education Dissertations
In this study, I examined the impacts of peer interactions on tween-aged students’ representations of themselves through self-portraits. Using social interaction theory (Turner, 1988), I implemented an action research study in the Fall of 2021. Two classes of fifth-grade students worked over four weeks to create self-portraits. I observed students' interactions with peers, collected audio recordings, and completed self-portraits. For two additional weeks, I conducted interviews with students. My findings concerning the impacts of peer interaction on students’ self-portraits show that students prefer to represent themselves in a way that is positively received by peers rather than focusing on accurately …
Language, Culture, And Identity: A Case Study Of Korean American Transnational Adolescents, Myoung Eun Pang
Language, Culture, And Identity: A Case Study Of Korean American Transnational Adolescents, Myoung Eun Pang
Middle and Secondary Education Dissertations
Despite the increase of diversity in transnational youth in the United States, little research has studied this unique population of transnational youth and their transnational contexts. In particular, little research has been conducted to investigate the identity of transnational youth in adolescence with their own voices in terms of language and culture. Thus, this study aimed to explore the linguistic and cultural experiences of 1.5 generation and 2nd generation Korean American transnational adolescents as well as their sense of identity in transnational contexts. Drawing on Norton’s (1995) identity theory and Vertovec’s (2007, 2017) transnationalism, research questions that guided this study …
"I Can Overcome That": Counterstories Of Black Secondary Science Teachers' Positional Identities, Sonia M. Howard
"I Can Overcome That": Counterstories Of Black Secondary Science Teachers' Positional Identities, Sonia M. Howard
Middle and Secondary Education Dissertations
This study presents the positional identities of six Black secondary science teachers – three who identify as women and three who identify as men – with 74 years of collective science teaching experience. The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences that inform Black secondary science teachers’ positional identities and how they position themselves in their school contexts. Critical race methodology grounded this research to highlight the ways in which lived experiences inform the construction of positional identities – or one’s relative positioning as informed by social markers and by relative power and agency in given cultural …
Navigating A Moratorium Of Identities: An Autoethnography Analyzing Cultural Capital In The Mathematics Classroom, Candace Williams
Navigating A Moratorium Of Identities: An Autoethnography Analyzing Cultural Capital In The Mathematics Classroom, Candace Williams
Middle and Secondary Education Dissertations
Mathematics teacher identity has emerged as a topic of discussion amongst contemporary researchers in the effort to enlighten, impact, and reform professional practice. There has been little examination, from a personal point-of-view, of how competent mathematics teachers are and how they may use a combination of educational resources, skills, intellect, and practice to gain classroom success. The purpose of this dissertation was to take a critical look at my identities as an African American, female mathematics teacher and investigate what drives me to possess high expectations, motivate learning and foster positive learning environments, support parents, and encourage peers to illuminate …