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The Relationship Of Transformative Learning Experiences On Multicultural Competency And Multicultural Self-Efficacy In Counselors In Training, Kristina Leigh Wilkerson
The Relationship Of Transformative Learning Experiences On Multicultural Competency And Multicultural Self-Efficacy In Counselors In Training, Kristina Leigh Wilkerson
Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations
Research on multicultural competency development has been a topic of interest in the counseling field over the past 20 years. However, studies in counselor education examining the relationship between learning experiences, multicultural competency, and self-efficacy have been scarce. The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to fill this research gap by investigating the relationships among transformative learning experiences, multicultural competency, and multicultural self-efficacy of counselors-in-training. Another purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between participants’ demographic characteristics and their multicultural competency and multicultural self-efficacy. Participants included 107 master’s-level students in various counseling programs throughout the U.S. who had …
Biliteracy Development In A Second Grade Dual Language Classroom, Erika Harumi Aoki
Biliteracy Development In A Second Grade Dual Language Classroom, Erika Harumi Aoki
Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations
This case study examines oral language development during structured guided reading instruction in English and Spanish in a second grade dual language classroom. The participants in this study included four focal second grade students identified as balanced emergent bilinguals. The four case studies offer insights into the development of five oral language components: phonological skills, morpho-syntactic skills, vocabulary, syntax and pragmatics in English and Spanish that students undergo as they develop biliteracy. The key findings showed code-switching as the main linguistic behavior students used to build on language skills as well as the need for modeling and offering structured opportunities …