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Wagner, Christopher J. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
How children understand reading and who they are as readers comprises children's reading identities. Reading identities can have very real effects on the reading outcomes of children, and may support the development of foundational reading skills and the process of learning to read (McCarthey & Moje, 2002). Despite the potential importance of…
Descriptors: Reading, Identification (Psychology), Early Reading, Bilingual Students
Naphan, Dara Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2016
In this dissertation, I researched factors that predicted women's likelihood of persistence in college engineering. Women are less likely to study engineering in college than men, and when they do, they are more likely to switch out to another major. As a male-dominated field, micro-aggressions and other forms of discrimination from males are not…
Descriptors: Females, Academic Persistence, College Students, Engineering Education
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Watt, Sherry K. – Journal of College and Character, 2015
People in the U.S. live in a racialized society whereby life experiences, economic opportunities, social relationships, and psychological rewards hinge upon a racial hierarchy that benefits Whites and often disadvantages other races. Studs Terkel once referred to race as "An American Obsession." Therefore, it is near impossible to…
Descriptors: Race, College Students, Identification (Psychology), Racial Identification
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Msibi, Thabo; Jagessar, Valenshia – Higher Education Research and Development, 2015
International higher education research focused on students who claim same-sex identifications in university residential spaces has tended to prioritise the "gay as victim" discourse, often leading to the pathologising of same-sex identification. While there is emerging research seeking to challenge this dimension of scholarship by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homosexuality, College Students, Identification (Psychology)
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Rice, Mary Frances; Newberry, Melissa; Whiting, Erin; Cutri, Ramona; Pinnegar, Stefinee – Studying Teacher Education, 2015
This self-study examines how our non-personhood experiences (NPHEs) contributed to our teacher educator identity process. We took up exploration of these experiences, which were very painful for us, not as entrée into victimhood but because we wanted to learn something about how, in the face of such experiences, we could engage with these…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Professional Identity, Personal Narratives, Self Concept
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Nguyen, Thai-Huy; Gasman, Marybeth – Teachers College Record, 2015
Background: Within the canon of Asian American histories and histories of student activism, little attention is given to the Vietnamese students at the University of California at Irvine, who came together to advocate for the well-being of Vietnamese refugees after the end of the Vietnam War. This study examines this history and discusses the…
Descriptors: Vietnamese People, Asian American Students, History, Citizen Participation
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Mirra, Nicole; Coffey, Jerica; Englander, Ashley – Journal of Literacy Research, 2018
This study explores how two high school English language arts (ELA) teachers leveraged disciplinary literacy practices in their classrooms to help students explore their identities as citizens and imagine a more just and equitable democratic society. Using a figured worlds framework, the study articulates a sociocritical approach to civic literacy…
Descriptors: Language Arts, English Instruction, English Teachers, Literacy Education
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Jaeger, Elizabeth L. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2018
The study described here is a case analysis of an emergent bilingual and her English literacy development. Mobilizing identity theory, the study explores ways in which the young girl's language and literacy identities played out across the large group, small group, and tutorial settings for instruction. The study took place over one school year.…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Case Studies, Bilingual Students, English (Second Language)
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Duemmler, Kerstin; Felder, Alexandra; Caprani, Isabelle – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2018
This article investigates how Swiss retail apprentices construct their occupational identities under modern workplace affordances. The Swiss retail sector has become more competitive in recent decades; as a consequence, retail businesses look for skilled and responsible employees who are flexible in regard to work tasks and schedules. The article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Identity, Identification (Psychology), Retailing
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Eguren, Joaquín – Intercultural Education, 2018
The aim of this paper is twofold: (1) to describe the interplay between religious identification and Spanish educational policy by studying a targeted group of immigrant Moroccan children and young people in metropolitan Madrid and (2) to highlight how such experiences have resulted in the evolution of intercultural education in Spain. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Cultural Groups, Religious Factors, Muslims
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Miller, S. J.; Mayo, Cris; Lugg, Catherine A. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2018
This paper examines the current state of law and policy in relation to US transgender youth and their lived experiences. We approach this from different disciplinary backgrounds, identities, and ways of writing terms related to gender identity. We begin with an examination of the current legal climate in the USA and explore how students have…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Gender Issues, Public Policy
Lee, Katherine – Online Submission, 2018
Artist-teacher and artist-learner collaboration was used to observe the development of confidence and artistic identity in cis-gender female adolescents with learning disabilities. The combined focus on both teacher and student identity development as artists within the art classroom was applied as the curriculum to arts education through…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Cooperation, Artists, Learning Disabilities
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Bond, Bee – Teaching in Higher Education, 2019
This paper examines the multiple, intersecting identities expressed by international taught-post graduate students who are studying in a culture and language that is not their own. The study presented includes the collection of data around and beyond a planned pedagogical intervention on a pre-sessional EAP programme. The data were thematically…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, English for Academic Purposes
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Matsuba, M. Kyle; Pratt, Michael W. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2013
This chapter reviews the research on environmental exemplars, or activists. General themes that have been identified in the literature include early experiences in nature, the influence of other people and organizations, opportunities for environmental education, environmental self and identity formation, and generativity. With these themes in…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Activism, Identification (Psychology), Individual Development
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Ho, Li-Ching – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2017
This paper uses the concept of stories of peoplehood to examine how the Singapore government has constructed a story of harmony and to consider how this story has influenced two important school subjects focused on civic education: Social Studies and Character and Citizenship Education. Stories of peoplehood, including constitutive, economic and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civics, Citizenship Education, Values Education
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