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Oh, The Places You Will Go! An Exploration of the Experiences of Classroom Teachers Educating a Student Identified as Emotionally Disturbed

Weiland, Cleighton J
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6215-4326
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1605716492987463

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2020, Doctor of Philosophy, Miami University, Educational Leadership.
The purpose of this study was to analyze and reflect on the experiences of five classroom teachers and their experiences teaching a student identified as Emotionally Disturbed. This study was designed to discover the moral, political, and ethical landscape these teachers encountered as they taught a child whose behavior disrupted classroom learning. Interview data were analyzed and coded and then re-imagined through the creation of a novella. Within the novella, a first year teacher's personal and professional experiences were surfaced as she worked to provide rich educational experiences for her students, grow in the craft of teaching, negotiate the complexities of special education, manage administrative and community power, and teach a student whose behaviors were significantly disruptive to the learning environment. The three major themes highlighted in this study are that: 1) Teachers and other stakeholders who encounter students with significant behaviors in their classroom need time to process and reflect on praxis with colleagues 2) A careful analysis of power and culture reveals the need for developing a critical consciousness on the part of school districts when considering disruptive student behavior, including self-assessment regarding the provision of resources 3) School districts need to develop ethical models of decision making for ED identified students through the process of determining alternative school placement.
Thomas Poetter, Dr. (Advisor)
Joel Malin, Dr. (Committee Member)
Denise Taliaferro Baszile, Dr. (Committee Member)
Amity Noltemeyer, Dr. (Other)
217 p.
Educational Leadership
Emotional Disturbance, Alternative Schools, Novella, Narrative Inquiry, Power, Morality

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  • Weiland, C. J. (2020). Oh, The Places You Will Go! An Exploration of the Experiences of Classroom Teachers Educating a Student Identified as Emotionally Disturbed [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1605716492987463

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Weiland, Cleighton. Oh, The Places You Will Go! An Exploration of the Experiences of Classroom Teachers Educating a Student Identified as Emotionally Disturbed. 2020. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1605716492987463.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Weiland, Cleighton. "Oh, The Places You Will Go! An Exploration of the Experiences of Classroom Teachers Educating a Student Identified as Emotionally Disturbed." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1605716492987463

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