In-school and out-of-school adolescent identities in high school English Language Arts classrooms

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dc.contributor.advisorAnderson, Nancy
dc.creatorThaggard, Kimberly
dc.creator.orcid0000-0003-3548-9179
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-06T22:38:09Z
dc.date.available2022-01-06T22:38:09Z
dc.date.created2021-12
dc.date.issued11/18/2021
dc.date.submitted21-Dec
dc.date.updated2022-01-06T22:38:11Z
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT KIMBERLY VILLARREAL THAGGARD IN-SCHOOL AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL ADOLESCENT IDENTITIES IN HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS CLASSROOMS DECEMBER 2021 Adolescents’ in-school- identities, out-of-school identities, and literacy practices are intertwined and connected. This research project aimed to explore the development of adolescent identities and out-of-school literacy practices in students’ English Language Arts classes. As a high school teacher and administrator, the researcher adopted a constructivist approach and conducted a cross-case analysis of six ninth-grade students from classroom observations, interviews, and an identity-centered word sort activity created for the study. The researcher’s analyses revealed the students’ out-of-school identities, preferred literacy practices, and personal affinities were underrepresented in their English Language Arts class. The key findings in the study support a multi-faceted definition of literacy for adolescents and that identity-centered approaches in classrooms may be conducive to increasing their interest in English Language Arts skills and content. These findings support the argument that adolescents’ in-school- identities and out-of-school identities need to be incorporated into classroom literacy practices.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11274/13469
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectAdolescents
dc.subjectIdentity
dc.subjectLiteracy practices
dc.titleIn-school and out-of-school adolescent identities in high school English Language Arts classrooms
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentReading
thesis.degree.disciplineReading Education
thesis.degree.grantorTexas Woman's University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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