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Art & Experiential Education: How A Deweyian Perspective On Art As The Key To Holistic Learning And Growth Can Inform Contemporary Art Education, Jena Gilbert-Merrill , '16
Art & Experiential Education: How A Deweyian Perspective On Art As The Key To Holistic Learning And Growth Can Inform Contemporary Art Education, Jena Gilbert-Merrill , '16
Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards
Dewey's conception of the role that experience should play in learning and development has implications for art education. This essay explores Dewey's philosophy of experiential education and the ways in which his theory resonates with artistic experience and practice. It overviews the history of art education in the United States, as well as various arguments for and trends within it; and contains three case studies—Montessori schools, Waldorf schools, and Black Mountain College—whose practices, pedagogies, and underlying philosophies are examined from a Deweyian, experiential perspective. Throughout this investigation, implications for contemporary art education are considered. Dewey's writings and the case studies …
Earth Systems Science As Civic Participation: An Approach To Youth Action Research For Social Change, Ciara Williams , '16
Earth Systems Science As Civic Participation: An Approach To Youth Action Research For Social Change, Ciara Williams , '16
Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards
Just as environmental justice challenges dominant notions of "environment" that cannot account for connections between social and natural processes, earth systems science pursues connections between science and society, challenging a dominant discourse which asserts that both can be fully understood without the other. Grounding "environment" and "science" as socially situated concepts helps to foreground, in turn, the ways that race structures exposure to risk and the exercise of citizenship both nationally and globally. My thesis draws on these discourses while focusing on youth as citizens and civic participation through the creation of an elementary school science curriculum.
Embodying Tibet: Negotiating Tibetan-American Youth Identities At The Tibetan Children's Village Summer School Program, Lekey S. Leidecker , '16
Embodying Tibet: Negotiating Tibetan-American Youth Identities At The Tibetan Children's Village Summer School Program, Lekey S. Leidecker , '16
Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards
My research illuminates the ways that the Tibetan Children’s Village Summer School program, despite its positive intentions, does in fact reinforce a fixed Tibetan identity by intertwining authenticity with a specific set of embodied experiences that do not match that of Tibetan youth living in the United States. Drawing on MacPherson’s (2011) “Fallacies About Language Sustainability” and recommendations for cultural preservation education, I evaluate the summer program’s curriculum as insufficient for promoting new articulations of Tibetan identity that reflects participants’ lived experiences in the United States, and argue that the current system in fact is exacerbating the difficulties that these …
Socializing A "New Man": The Role Of Youth In The Cuban Revolution, Juliana Gutierrez , '16
Socializing A "New Man": The Role Of Youth In The Cuban Revolution, Juliana Gutierrez , '16
Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards
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The Impact Of Community Building On Student Achievement, Kathy Sun , '16
The Impact Of Community Building On Student Achievement, Kathy Sun , '16
Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards
This thesis looks at the impact of community building on student achievement. The theoretical framework stems from Akerlof and Kranton's paper on how student identity impacts schooling outcomes. By combining economic and sociological theories, they argue that community building increases student identification with school and student achievement. Through a literature review, I categorize the ways that schools build community. I then test Akerlof and Kranton's theory that community building increases student identification and achievement through a review of the literature and my own quantitative analysis. I ultimately find that while community building increases student identification, it does not increase achievement.
The Gold Standard And Education Intervention Research: A Consideration Of Middle School Mathematics Interventions As A Particular Case, Sarah Nielsen , '16
The Gold Standard And Education Intervention Research: A Consideration Of Middle School Mathematics Interventions As A Particular Case, Sarah Nielsen , '16
Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards
This thesis explores the benefits and drawbacks of various experimental designs, outcome measures, and specific methodological techniques in education intervention research. Through an analysis of nine top-tier journals in education, I describe which experimental designs and outcome measures are most commonly used in current middle school mathematics intervention research. Then, four case intervention studies with different experimental designs are closely examined. This discussion is juxtaposed with consideration of evaluation standards published by government agencies. Each study represents different discourses about the effectiveness of the intervention reported. Although the standards for intervention research no longer only promote randomized quantitative research, I …
Femicide In Buenos Aries: Social Change Through Interpersonal Education, Mckinley Bleskachek , '16
Femicide In Buenos Aries: Social Change Through Interpersonal Education, Mckinley Bleskachek , '16
Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards
This paper explores the trajectory of social thought concerning femicide, particularly as it relates to the 2015 #NiUnaMenos movement in Buenos Aires. Through framing gender as a social construct, this paper illuminates the connection between cultural, structural and personal violence. In this framework, individual murders become a social phenomenon. The critical consciousness fostered by the #NiUnaMenos movement reveals the potential of interpersonal education to effect social change.
What Dragons And Hobbits (And Teachers) Have In Common; Or The Evils Of Hoarding: How Tolkien's The Hobbit Informs Classroom Practice, Joy Claire De Aguilar Martinez , '16
What Dragons And Hobbits (And Teachers) Have In Common; Or The Evils Of Hoarding: How Tolkien's The Hobbit Informs Classroom Practice, Joy Claire De Aguilar Martinez , '16
Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards
This thesis explores how to teach literature in a way that relies on true internal cognition from students and values their unique responses and identities. This is accomplished through an analyzing the theme of power distribution in Tolkien's The Hobbit alongside the educational theories of Paulo Freire, Maren Aukerman, Louise M. Rosenblatt and Lawrence Sipe to present a more equitable distribution of power when teaching texts within a classroom. The literary analyses work with pedagogical analysis to outline four pedagogical principles that can be used to inform a potential unit on The Hobbit for a 6th grade Language Arts class.
Native Survival And Success In Higher Education, Daniel Orr , '16
Native Survival And Success In Higher Education, Daniel Orr , '16
Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards
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Cultivating Trust In Gmo Science: Moving Past The Deficit Model To Productive And Participatory Science Education, Kate Crowley , '16
Cultivating Trust In Gmo Science: Moving Past The Deficit Model To Productive And Participatory Science Education, Kate Crowley , '16
Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards
Most scientists believe GMOs are safe for human consumption, but a majority of the American public remains unconvinced. I argue that this lack of trust stems from scientists' outdated approach to science communication, namely the deficit model. Instead of seeing the public as empty vessels waiting to be filled with scientific knowledge, the scientific community must recognize that many strongly held beliefs about science issues are socially situated. Only through genuine attempts at participatory, two-way conversations with the public can the scientific community come to understand how public values influence GMO acceptance. While these actions will necessitate a redefining of …