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Student Perceptions Of Engagement In Schools: A Deweyan Analysis Of Authenticity In High School Classrooms, Gloria D. Richards Perry
Student Perceptions Of Engagement In Schools: A Deweyan Analysis Of Authenticity In High School Classrooms, Gloria D. Richards Perry
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ABSTRACT
STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF ENGAGEMENT IN SCHOOLS:
A DEWEYAN ANALYSIS OF AUTHENTICITY
IN HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOMS
by
Gloria D. Richards Perry
This qualitative study of the nature of engagement in schools explored how students viewed the work assigned to them by their teachers. Using normative and theoretical frameworks, research was conducted to determine whether students found work to be authentic and engaging in the manner that Dewey proposes school work should be.
Phenomenological interviews were used with individual participants as well as in a focus group session. Interviews and further questioning probed for information in order to gain a greater …