Exploring Rural Contexts with Digital Storytelling

Autor/in	Wake, Donna G.
Titel	Exploring Rural Contexts with Digital Storytelling
Quelle	In: Rural Educator, 33 (2012) 3, S.23-37 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0273-446X
Schlagwörter	Grounded Theory; Rural Schools; Rural Areas; Middle School Students; Self Concept; Story Telling; Grade 7; Grade 9; Adolescents; Student Attitudes; Geography; Phenomenology; Educational Technology; Information Technology; Writing (Composition) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Selbstkonzept; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Schülerverhalten; Geografie; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Unterrichtsmedien; Informationstechnologie; Schreibübung
Abstract	This article describes rural middle school students' exploration of their identity and their rural contexts through the vehicle of digital storytelling. Participants included 40 7th and 40 9th grade students at two rural schools in the Southeast United States. Students worked in shared writing groups to create digital stories expressing their views on teen life in a small, rural town. The resultant stories were analyzed using comparative grounded theory yielding some themes which may be posited as unique to a rural population while other themes were typical of the developmental age regardless of geographical context. Study findings indicate that the rural nature of the participants' communities had a significant impact on their identity formation and understanding of community. This study supports students' use of technology to promote exploration of identity within geographic and sociological settings. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Rural Education Association. Web site: http://www.nrea.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10