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Creating A New Standard: Living, Learning, And Teaching In Southern Appalachia, Martha Holt
Creating A New Standard: Living, Learning, And Teaching In Southern Appalachia, Martha Holt
Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects
This portfolio, submitted in fulfillment of an MA in English with a teaching specialization, explores teaching and living in southern Appalachia. The papers include a defense of literary studies, a pedagogical piece on the use of code-switching, dialect, and the vernacular in today’s classrooms, a lesson plan and materials to introduce high school students to writing the academic memoir, and an example of the academic memoir which explores the personal and long-lasting effects of verbal and emotional abuse.
Collectivism In Central Appalachia: Educational And Career Implications, Heidi Leigh Creamer
Collectivism In Central Appalachia: Educational And Career Implications, Heidi Leigh Creamer
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Individualistic cultures tend to focus on freedom, individuality, and personal autonomy. Mainstream America is found to be a vertical individualistic society, but research has shown there are pockets of collectivistic cultures within the US. Collectivistic cultures, in contrast, tend to focus on family, conformity, and thinking of the group before one’s self. Collectivism arises due to a population’s need to rely on one another for resources. As such, low resource environments are subject to having collectivistic values. Research suggests that collectivism rates are higher in impoverished areas, such as Appalachia. This investigation focused on central Appalachia and the attributes that …