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Making Sense of Schooling, Identity, and Culture: Experiences of Turkish Students and Their Parents

Isik-Ercan, Zeynep Z.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1253548918

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2009, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, ED Teaching and Learning (Columbus campus).
In this study, I look at the Turkish immigrant parents and their children at the intersection of schooling, culture, and identity. The study particularly emphasizes the ways Turkish children negotiate their cultural identity in schooling, Turkish parents’ experiences with their children’s schooling, and the ways Turkish parents and children negotiate their bilingual and bicultural identities. Sociocultural theories, specifically hybridity theory (Bhabha, 1994; Soja, 1996; Moje et al., 2004) and transnational studies (Basch, Glick Schiller, & Szanton Blanc, 2008) framed this study. The findings suggest that Turkish parents and children collaborate to create a third-space in home and community contexts where American, Turkish, and Muslim identities and Turkish and American cultural and educational practices co-exist. The creation of these third spaces moves the parents and children beyond the limitations of Turkish and American geographical, cultural and educational contexts.
Adrian Rodgers, PhD (Advisor)
Barbara Seidl, PhD (Advisor)
Laurie Katz, PhD (Committee Member)
Cynthia Dillard, PhD (Committee Member)
236 p.
Education; Elementary Education; Families and Family Life; Minority and Ethnic Groups; Multicultural Education; Preschool Education; Social Research; Teacher Education; Teaching
cultural identity; muslim students; muslim immigrants; culturally responsive teaching; multicultural education; turkish; muslim; culturally diverse students; immigrants and schooling; bilingualism; immigrant parents; families and school; home school relat

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  • Isik-Ercan, Z. Z. (2009). Making Sense of Schooling, Identity, and Culture: Experiences of Turkish Students and Their Parents [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1253548918

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Isik-Ercan, Zeynep. Making Sense of Schooling, Identity, and Culture: Experiences of Turkish Students and Their Parents. 2009. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1253548918.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Isik-Ercan, Zeynep. "Making Sense of Schooling, Identity, and Culture: Experiences of Turkish Students and Their Parents." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1253548918

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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