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Making Way: A Methods Experiment With Arts-Based Embodied Postformal Autoethnography To Prepare For Research-As-Community Building With A Diverse Urban Elementary School, Kelly Elizabeth Bare Apr 2024

Making Way: A Methods Experiment With Arts-Based Embodied Postformal Autoethnography To Prepare For Research-As-Community Building With A Diverse Urban Elementary School, Kelly Elizabeth Bare

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Using autoethnographic, arts-based, and embodied methods, this postformal dissertation study establishes the first of a two-part research-as-community-building template designed with racially and socioeconomically diverse school communities in mind. Imagined as a double helix in an echo of human DNA, it describes an arts-based, embodied self-study (Helix 1) as a prerequisite for later study of community (Helix 2, not yet complete) typified by mindful engagement across socially constructed lines of difference and attention to the potential building blocks of collaborative leadership across those same lines. As a prerequisite to community work, I explored my lifetime encounters with others of difference (Chang, …


Closing The Gap Between Theory And Practice To Promote Equity In Stem: Coaching Teachers With Udl Strategies To Empower Students, Debbie Langone Mar 2024

Closing The Gap Between Theory And Practice To Promote Equity In Stem: Coaching Teachers With Udl Strategies To Empower Students, Debbie Langone

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U.S. schools have witnessed educational reforms that have shifted science curriculum and pedagogy within classrooms. Yet, all these reforms have failed to reduce the racial and gender gaps in STEM fields. In 2016, New York State implemented the New York State Science Learning Standards (NYSSLS) to address these gaps. Problems remain, however, with the NYSSLS standards. The NYSSLS do not offer teachers pedagogical practices with regards to implementation. Students are expected to engage in practices as they emulate scientists, without any direction for teachers to support students through these practices, and they exemplify a deficit mindset by placing the blame …


Navigating Whiteness: A Critical Autoethnography Of The Lived Experience Of A Black Female Administrator In The Predominantly White Spaces Of Higher Education, Sheila Miranda Russell Jan 2024

Navigating Whiteness: A Critical Autoethnography Of The Lived Experience Of A Black Female Administrator In The Predominantly White Spaces Of Higher Education, Sheila Miranda Russell

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This critical autoethnographic study explored my multifaceted journey of being Black and female in administration within a predominantly white higher education institution. I drew upon personal narratives and reflections from 25 years of experience in higher education. This study explored the intricate intersections of race, gender, and power dynamics that have shaped my navigation of self and belonging. Furthermore, the study is framed in a Black feminist theoretical approach, acknowledging how the interconnectedness of being Black and female can intersect to shape individual experiences within systems of power and privilege. I used a six-step thematic analysis combined with a systematic …


Beyond Selection And Practice: A Phenomenological Inquiry Into The Lived Experiences Of K-5 Literacy Curriculum Leaders In Long Island, Ny, Mary Elizabeth Pettit Jan 2024

Beyond Selection And Practice: A Phenomenological Inquiry Into The Lived Experiences Of K-5 Literacy Curriculum Leaders In Long Island, Ny, Mary Elizabeth Pettit

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The ongoing cycle of educational reform in America has led policymakers and educational leaders to prioritize test-based results and de-prioritize noncognitive skills, equitable outcomes, and crucial socio-emotional aspects of schooling (Lynch et al., 2009). Despite the equitable goals outlined in previous education policy reforms, intended outcomes have been eclipsed by the toxic policymakers Global Education Reform Movement (GERM), which ultimately influences the curriculum selection and implementation process (Sahlburg, 2012). A literature review uncovers how inequity has been entrenched in the American education system since the 18th century, perpetuating social stratification and hindering efforts for equitable education reform. Drawing from accountability …