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Books Or Boots: A Case Study Of The Dependents Of The Deployed, Meagan Arrastia, Aria Nicole Alvarez, Breanna Mechelle Drummond
Books Or Boots: A Case Study Of The Dependents Of The Deployed, Meagan Arrastia, Aria Nicole Alvarez, Breanna Mechelle Drummond
Georgia Educational Research Association Conference
In response to Dr. Jill Biden’s address at the 2016 AERA annual meeting to study and serve military families, we present a preliminary study of the dependents in military families currently attending college. This case study includes a collection of interviews with college students at a four-year comprehensive university who experienced parental deployment of one or more parent during childhood. Interviews consisted of questions about childhood and educational experiences. Transcripts from interviews with six females with varying experiences have been coded by three separate researchers using thematic analysis. Using self-determination theory to understand academic motivation and identification with the military, …