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Exploring Experience, Influence and Personal Truths: Biraciality and Educational Spaces

Patterson, Ashley N
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429716229

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2015, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, EDU Teaching and Learning.
According to the US Census, biracial individuals with Black and White racial heritage constitute the fastest growing demographic in the United States. While the availability of educational academic literature focused specifically on this population is increasing, much of the work in this area is limited to discussion of the identity development process. This theoretical dissertation bridges literature forwarding a holistic approach to biracial identity development with action-oriented strategies that can be taken up by educational practitioners and biracial individuals that encourage positive experiences in educational spaces. Frameworks of culturally sustaining pedagogy (Paris, 2012) and the intersectional model of multiracial identity (Wijeyesinghe, 2012) provided a perspective for approaching this work. The guiding questions for this dissertation included the following: a) How are biracial individuals currently being engaged and encouraged to develop in educational spaces? b) What are critical elements of an approach that would make space for biracial individuals to be holistically encompassed in educational spaces? In response to these questions, data was collected from materials currently in circulation directed to educational practitioners working with biracial individuals, autobiographical material written by biracial individuals and user-generated video content shared by and about biracial individuals via the YouTube platform. The practitioner-directed data was considered using methods of document analysis (Bowen, 2009), and the primary sources were analyzed thematically (Braun & Clarke, 2006). The analyses resulted in a series of detailed, strategic approaches to be taken up by practitioners working with biracial students and for biracial individuals in educational contexts. Suggestions for future work in this area include further investigation into the effects of the subtly negative language often utilized in relation to biracial individuals as well as a consideration of the same research questions addressed here using data sources that include participants with whom the researcher can engage interactively.
Cynthia Tyson (Advisor)
Valerie Kinloch (Committee Member)
Maurice Stevens (Committee Member)
203 p.
Educational Theory; Teacher Education

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  • Patterson, A. N. (2015). Exploring Experience, Influence and Personal Truths: Biraciality and Educational Spaces [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429716229

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Patterson, Ashley. Exploring Experience, Influence and Personal Truths: Biraciality and Educational Spaces. 2015. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429716229.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Patterson, Ashley. "Exploring Experience, Influence and Personal Truths: Biraciality and Educational Spaces." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429716229

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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