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Underrepresented Students' Perception Of Their Second-Year In College: A Phenomenological Study, Dena Kniess
Underrepresented Students' Perception Of Their Second-Year In College: A Phenomenological Study, Dena Kniess
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The majority of retention efforts have focused on the first-year of college, however just as many students leave college after their second-year (Berkner, He, & Forest, 2002; Lipka, 2006). Experiences of second-year students have been appearing in publications. These studies have identified the broad concerns of the second-year experience, but little is known about how the second-year experience is similar or different for underrepresented students.
This study sought to describe the experiences of underrepresented college students in their second-year of study at a predominantly White institution (PWI). The study was qualitative in nature, and used phenomenological research methods to form …
Pre-Service Teacher Training Experiences Viewed As A Cultural Activity, Ronald Knorr
Pre-Service Teacher Training Experiences Viewed As A Cultural Activity, Ronald Knorr
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What are the experiences of career-changing pre-service middle school teachers undergoing a group-based activity as part of their training? This series of studies explored two aspects of answering this question. In the first manuscript, a methodology of a novel virtual phenomenology interview technique attempts to determine the influence of a virtual world interviewer compared to a traditional face-to-face setting. While syntactical and other significant differences were found, there was no significant difference found comparing meaning units derived from both settings. In the second manuscript, these meaning units were analyzed to create an essence of the experience for the study's participants, …