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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"students’ identities"”.
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Professional registration and the discursive construction of social work students' identities
… is concerned with the development of social work students’ personal and professional identities in the light of policy changes introduced into social work education. Since April 2005, social work students have had to register with the General Social Care Council and ‘sign up to’ the Codes of …
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Outside looking in: case studies of the effects of study abroad on female African American university students’ identities
In the 2010-2011 academic year, Black university students comprised only 4.8% of all study abroad students in the United States, despite being 14.5% of all university students. In an attempt to better foster the experiences of these students, this thesis seeks to understand the evolution of Black …
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Who do I say I am? Evangelical identity and academic writing
… dissertation explores how evangelical Christian students negotiate their identities in their academic writing. Specifically, this study addresses two overarching questions: 1. What happens to evangelical students when they write academically? 2. How are evangelical students' identities integrated …
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“Because I did what she told me to do.” Understanding the Identity Work of Elementary Students of Color in the Science Classroom and how a Teacher’s Positionality Impacts Student Learning
… study examines how a classroom of elementary students of color constructed their science identities at a time in which the Next Generation Science Standards were taking root within their school’s science program. While the standards were developed under the paradigm of science being …
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Chinese doctoral students' perceptions of academic achievement, identity investment and use of English in an American university
For Chinese doctoral students, English is the most essential subject when studying in U.S. universities and living life in the U.S. Using English not only promotes academic success, but also helps them to pursue better job opportunities and a better life in the U.S. The purpose of this study was to …
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2020 Hindsight: Reflections on My First Year of Teaching
… In it, I reflected on myself, my practices, my students, and the broader context of the school at which I was teaching<strong>, </strong>including the effects of the Covid-19 school closures. I interviewed students and their families, conducted home visits, interviewed teachers and …
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Issues in Inquiry-Based Science Education Seen Through Dewey's Theory of Inquiry
… to examine science learning activities, students’ interactions, and education standards. Educators have tried to engage students in meaningful learning, but the analysis revealed that the meaning of inquiry was diverse: interesting hands-on materials to teach scientific knowledge; …
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The Teacher I Am, The Classroom I Build: Exploring the Intersections of Identity, Equity, and Pedagogy in the Secondary Classroom
… equipped to design learning spaces that affirm students’ identities, cultivate trust, and challenge the subtractive deep structures of schooling. This capstone ultimately calls for a pedagogy rooted in authenticity, relational care, and critical consciousness, where my identity is not separate …
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Self-Efficacy and Racial Identity for Undergraduate Music Majors
<p>Students’ identities can impact their self-efficacy, or their confidence in their ability to succeed in producing a desired outcome (Bandura, 1997; Klassen, 2004a; Klassen 2004b; Oettingen, 1995; Usher & Pajares, 2008); however, little peer-reviewed research explores the relationship between …
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Translingual students' dialogic influence on teacher centric pedagogies
… et al., 2013). Acknowledging the influence that students possess in a teacher’s repertoire of teaching practices appears to be an implicit factor in teacher research of pedagogical dialogism. The role and influence of students as agents of change in classroom ecologies has not been as frequently …
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The quest for belonging: Arab Muslim ESOL students' (re)-construction of linguistic and cultural identities
… experiences of three Arab Muslim high school students in the ESL program of a southeastern state of U.S. During the fall of 2009, the researcher spent an average of two days a week with the participants and their families and friends as a participant-observer. Data included field notes, taped …
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Similar but Different: The Complexities of Students' Mathematical Identities
<p>We, as a culture, tend to lump students into broad categories to describe their relationships with mathematics, such as ‘good at math’ or ‘hates math.’ This study focuses on five students each of whom could be considered ‘good at math,’ and shows how the beliefs that make up their mathematical …
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Reading, Writing, and Belonging: A Qualitative Study Exploring Academic Self-Efficacy Among First-Year, First-Generation Students at a Hispanic-Serving Institution
… how first-year, first-generation college students at a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) perceive their academic self-efficacy for reading and writing. The study focuses on students who were concurrently enrolled in a First-Year Seminar (FYS) course and a developmental literacy course. …
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Students’ Judgments of Historical Significance in Singapore Schools: Positionalities and Narratives
Research has established that students’ ethnic, community, and national identities can influence their judgments on historical significance. Furthermore, it has demonstrated that students’ identities may incline them towards appropriating or resisting particular historical narratives when …
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A Deeper Semiotic Richness: Empowering English Language Students Through Digital Storytelling
… This has significantly limited the development students’ identities, and agency within English language speaking communities. To address this issue, this project contains a supplemental, online digital storytelling curriculum for intermediate to advanced adult learners at the university level in …
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A Feminist Approach to Understanding ESL Identity Development: A Case Study of Korean Women in U.S. Universities
… discourse, and American cultures affect the identities of three female Korean graduate students in American institutions. The theoretical approach of this project integrated elements from sociocultural theory and feminist research methodology. The participants narratives, collected via …
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Perceptions Of Public Middle School Math Educators Who Use An Asset-Based Pedagogy On New-Century Student Engagement
… engagement through recognizing and leveraging students’ existing strengths, knowledge, and cultural backgrounds (Ladson-Billings, 2022). The participants said that asset-based pedagogies establish a more inclusive and empowering learning environment for new-century students by enabling …
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Constitution and negotiation of rural student identities at an urban South African university
… constructivist lens, this study explores how students from rural areas consti-tute and negotiate their identities within an urban South African university. Much of the re-search on rurality in South Africa has focused on rural areas as places, and not on the people occupying them. Using a …
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The Impact of Students’ Future Imagined Identities on Their English Language Learning in an EFL Context: The Case of English for Law
… Purposes (ESP) by investigating the impact of students’ imagined future identities on their English language learning. The context for the present research project is an English for Law module offered to Postgraduate students of law in Algeria where I had an experience as an English tutor. The …
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Designing social identities : a case study of a primary school theatrical performance by Zulu children in an English ex-model C school
… by a group of grade seven, Zulu speaking students as a representation of themselves. The performance was set in an ex-model C primary school in Kwa-Zulu Natal and reflects the tensions between the students' identities that are located in the different fields of home, school, traditional …
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