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Como el cantar del coquí: Educators of the Puerto Rican Diaspora in the U.S. Describe What Resilience Means to Them

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2011, Doctor of Education, Ashland University, College of Education.
This qualitative study was conducted in the Midwestern U.S. It examined the resilience stories of Puerto Rican educators in an urban school district. The sample consisted of 12 adult participants who were asked to describe their experiences with resilience in different stages of their personal development. Participants articulated how their meaning of the construct impacted their interactions with students and their beliefs regarding the development of resilience. The findings from this study suggested that resilience is an interactive process involving key personal attributes of the individual and environmental factors within that individual’s home, community, school, and culture that results in the human ability to thrive in the face of adversity. Implications and recommendations for further research are discussed.
Jane Piirto, PhD (Committee Chair)
Patricia Edwards, PhD (Committee Member)
Alinde Moore, PhD (Committee Member)
Rosaire Ifedi, EdD (Other)
399 p.

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  • Balotta, M. (2011). Como el cantar del coquí: Educators of the Puerto Rican Diaspora in the U.S. Describe What Resilience Means to Them [Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1304085552

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Balotta, Maria. Como el cantar del coquí: Educators of the Puerto Rican Diaspora in the U.S. Describe What Resilience Means to Them. 2011. Ashland University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1304085552.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Balotta, Maria. "Como el cantar del coquí: Educators of the Puerto Rican Diaspora in the U.S. Describe What Resilience Means to Them." Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1304085552

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)