One School's Process of Becoming More Culturally Responsive: An Ethnographic Case Study

Autor/in	Rametti, Robert M.
Titel	One School's Process of Becoming More Culturally Responsive: An Ethnographic Case Study
Quelle	(2023), (193 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ed.D. Dissertation, Boston University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	979-8-3795-2886-7
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Educational Change; Culturally Relevant Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Equal Education; Faculty Development; Advisory Committees + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Bildungsreform; Beratungsstelle
Abstract	Student demographics in K-12 education have changed dramatically over the past few decades. Classrooms are increasingly more linguistically, culturally, and racially diverse than ever before, yet our educator workforce remains predominantly white. Moreover, racial and cultural opportunity gaps continue to widen. In this ethnographic case study, the researcher studies one school's process for becoming a more culturally responsive community. Through semi-structured interviews, field notes, and surveys, the researcher describes what happened after the school launched an Equity Team consisting of six educators who played the role of lead learners and professional development facilitators for the staff at large. The researcher found that the educators willing to join the Equity Team shared specific characteristics and beliefs. He also found that while Equity Team members focused carefully on the content they wanted to present, they were not as deliberate about their facilitation strategy and response to conflict. Moreover, he found those educators who participated in the professional development demonstrated changes in their understanding of cultural responsiveness, although sometimes in surprising ways. Through the lenses of culturally responsive teaching, transformational learning and racial identity development, the researcher offers implications and recommendations about the design and implementation of future professional development on culturally responsive teaching. [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	2024/1/01