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Hoodies, Rainbows, Guns, & Goodbyes: An Autoethnographic Study Exploring the Experiences that Impacted One Educator’s Decision to Leave K-12 Education

Andrews, Kenzie L
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2469-9122
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1657894524924763

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2022, Doctor of Education, Miami University, Educational Leadership.
Teachers deserve a voice. Their experiences should be known in order to identify troublesome factors that often make school a constraining place. Their stories, no matter how messy, must be explored to better understand why our society loses many passionate educators. Through autoethnographic inquiry, I analyze my own story using creative works (narrative vignettes and art-based collage) to demonstrate the complicated experience of a modern-day K-12 educator. As a researcher engaging in critical autoethnography, I examine my experience through the principles of the radical imaginary, knowing thyself, understanding teachers as prisoners/oppressors, an ethic of care, critical/feminist lenses and critical hope. These influences are present and visible in the linguistic and visual data presented, which are intended to capture the complex paradoxes that young teachers face in their professional journey. By examining my lived experience, I hope to capture an authentic portrait of my time in public K-12 education to create meaning. This personal work elucidates themes felt by many young teachers to shed light on their difficulties and triumphs. The conclusion of the research provides suggestions for society based on interpretive data analysis.
Thomas Poetter (Committee Co-Chair)
Sheri Leafgren (Committee Member)
Lucian Szlizewski (Committee Co-Chair)
85 p.
Early Childhood Education; Education; Education Philosophy; Educational Leadership; Secondary Education; Teacher Education; Teaching
autoethnography; collage; vignettes; narrative inquiry; K-12 education; public schools; arming teachers; LGBTQIA+ education; BlackBoyCrit pedagogy; Ethic of Care; justice-oriented pedagogy

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  • Andrews, K. L. (2022). Hoodies, Rainbows, Guns, & Goodbyes: An Autoethnographic Study Exploring the Experiences that Impacted One Educator’s Decision to Leave K-12 Education [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1657894524924763

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Andrews, Kenzie. Hoodies, Rainbows, Guns, & Goodbyes: An Autoethnographic Study Exploring the Experiences that Impacted One Educator’s Decision to Leave K-12 Education. 2022. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1657894524924763.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Andrews, Kenzie. "Hoodies, Rainbows, Guns, & Goodbyes: An Autoethnographic Study Exploring the Experiences that Impacted One Educator’s Decision to Leave K-12 Education." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1657894524924763

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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