Writing Our Identities for Successful Endeavors: Resettled Refugee Youth Look to the Future

Autor/in	Daniel, Shannon M.
Titel	Writing Our Identities for Successful Endeavors: Resettled Refugee Youth Look to the Future
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 33 (2019) 1, S.71-83 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-8543
DOI	10.1080/02568543.2018.1531448
Schlagwörter	Refugees; Youth; Goal Orientation; Adolescent Attitudes; Writing Workshops; After School Programs; Essays; Self Efficacy; Occupational Aspiration; Ethnicity; Social Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Flüchtling; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Ethnizität; Sozialer Wandel
Abstract	This article highlights recently resettled refugee teenagers' visions for their futures and their aims to improve the lives of their loved ones and transform society. Data collected in an afterschool writing workshop called Writing Our Identities for Successful Endeavors was analyzed using temporal facets of agency as a main lens to examine identity. Teenagers' written essays and their discussions about their futures show that they believe in their capabilities and choose a wide variety of career paths in order to improve the world. Attention to youth goals provides an important facet of identity beyond their past experiences. Too often, an overemphasis on refugees' pasts can position them as victims who need help. This article pushes back against essentialized, sometimes deficit, views of resettled refugees by focusing on their career aspirations and why they chose these goals. Implications for educators and researchers are discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01