A Phenomenological Exploration of Multiracial Populations in Higher Education

Autor/in	Morris, Patricia Laverne Downes
Titel	A Phenomenological Exploration of Multiracial Populations in Higher Education
Quelle	(2013), (149 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Phoenix
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-3037-9102-4
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Qualitative Research; Phenomenology; College Students; Multiracial Persons; Student Attitudes; Classification; Student Experience; Individual Characteristics; Semi Structured Interviews; Identification (Psychology); Accountability; Documentation; Administrators; Knowledge Level; Student Needs; Curriculum + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Qualitative Forschung; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Collegestudent; Mischling; Schülerverhalten; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Studienerfahrung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Verantwortung; Dokumentation; Wissensbasis; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan
Abstract	The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological explorative study was to explore the perceptions, views, opinions, and feelings of multiracial college students about being multiracial and adopting a multiracial race category on documentation. By allowing them, the opportunity to tell their stories in a non-threatening environment to someone who understood their personal experiences, the students fully shared what it was like for someone to allow them to say how to identify multiracial college students. The general problem is multiracial individuals' display a different variety of unique characteristics, identity, service needs, and views that are not identified or understood and create unusual concerns in education. Ten multiracial college students were interviewed using a semi-structured open-ended interview format and textual data was collected, and analyzed. The four core themes from the current study included (a) individual identification and accountability, (b) inconsistent multiracial documentation, (c) leadership awareness of multiracial populations and (d) need for service programs and curriculum sensitivity for multiracial populations. The themes were important to the understanding of the participant's perceptions of being identified as multiracial for documentation purposes. The research findings lend support to the conclusion that a multiracial race category may be necessary to document multiracial populations for service needs and programs in higher education. The research findings add to the literature that multiracial individuals need identification and support in various setting. Educational leaders have the opportunity to use data about multiracial individuals to educate staff, students, and others. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01