Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-57).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2009. / Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 327-338).

A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Education in fulfilment or partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education (Educational Psychology) and Special Education at the University of Zululand, 2002. / The current investigation consisted of three aims. The first aim was to determine the nature of secondary school learners* attitudes towards sex education. The second aim was to determine the learners' attitudes towards sex education in relation to information given by parents, teachers, peers and other media. The third aim was to determine the extent to which the following variables: gender, age. grade and residence influence the attitudes of learners towards sex education. A questionnaire was administered to a group of learners between ages of 13 years and below, up to 24 years and above. About fifty-five percent of learners were favourably disposed towards sex education. The results indicated that learners" attitudes are influenced by variables like gender, age, grade and residence.

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Ethnic minority female physical education (PE) teachers who work in predominantly white schools may face multiple forms of marginalization and oppression due to the embodiment of a racialized and gendered identity which is positioned as “other” within PE contexts. A significant gap exists between diversifying teacher and student populations, thus warranting an examination of how sociocultural factors impact a teacher’s identity. Purpose: To explore how race and gender intersect in the embodied identities of ethnic minority female PE teachers in predominantly white schools in the United States. Methods: This study used narrative and visual research methods from a constructivist paradigmatic lens and followed guidelines for narrative-based, semi-structured, and conversational interviews coupled with photo elicitation. Results: The pilot study demonstrated how participants often felt isolated and uncomfortable in their schools, actively seeking out other ethnic minorities to make meaningful connections and validate their embodied identities. The full study indicated that participants enacted colorblind discourses in order to assimilate into their school settings yet also experienced internal conflict over their super-visibility as minority members within white majoritarian schools. Finally, the full study illustrated participants’ self-affirming strategies and resilience in working for social justice within their predominantly white school contexts, and how notions of transformational resistance sustained their commitment to furthering the field of PE towards more inclusive and critical pedagogies. Discussion: This research demonstrated how schools are often sites of continued racialized marginalization for ethnic minority community members and served as an important reminder that future research should avoid enacting a “deficit” or “savior” position when examining issues of racial inequality. Instead, it is imperative that scholarship in the field employ an agentic perspective which recognizes the autonomy of its subjects in reframing their experiences towards empowerment. The agency of “othered” school community members should be centered within the notion of schools as sites of marginalizing pedagogies for research that aims to destabilize dominant discourses and disrupt the resulting oppression embedded within the educational system in the United States.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2006. / Title from title screen (site viewed on Feb. 5, 2007). PDF text: x, 182 p. UMI publication number: AAT 3216418. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche format.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed January 14, 2008). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 110).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio University, June, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 186-191)

The Public Sector Equality Duties (PSEDs) are a radical development in anti-discrimination legislation due to the emphasis on the need for public authorities to be proactive in order to address institutional discrimination. They require public authorities to take a substantive approach to equality by removing institutional barriers and focussing on equality outcomes. The aim of this thesis is to consider the implementation and impact of this innovative legislative approach to equality, with specific attention given to race and disability within a Higher Education Institution (HEI). It is demonstrated that senior management are not sympathetic to the substantive equality approach which is required by the PSEDs and instead operate with a formal understanding of equality. In addition, as the external pressures on Higher Education Institutions to comply with the legal requirements diminish over time, the processes established to deal with equality as well as legal compliance within the case study institution have weakened. As a consequence, there is a gap between what the law requires and what is happening in practice. At the same time, the experiences of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled staff and students indicate that they are still experiencing significant disadvantage within the case study institution. As well as enduring individual instances of discrimination, broader institutional barriers are also evident. An institutional response to address the disadvantage, which is required by the PSEDs, is not visible. It is surmised that this is due to the adoption of the fairness as opposed to a substantive approach to equality. Critical Race Theory (CRT) is employed in order to provide an explanation for the findings within the case study institution. Although it can be used to help account for the data in relation to race, there are limitations in terms of its application to the data regarding disability. CRT acknowledges the intersections between race and other forms of oppression, such as disability, although its focus is still on race as the primary factor for oppression. However, some of the key concepts utilised by Critical Race theorists, such as contradiction closing cases and interest convergence, can also be usefully applied to the data relating to disability.

This ethnographic study examines the unique schooling experiences of Yaqui students in an urban public school setting in Tucson, Arizona. The dissertation focuses on life narratives as a means of understanding how contemporary Yaqui adults view formal education, the struggles they endured to maintain their cultural identity within a mainstream educational environment, and Yaqui-defined factors contributing to the diminished and differential school success experienced by present-day Yaqui youth. The study enlisted 10 Yaqui individuals who resided in Old Pascua at the time of their elementary and secondary schooling, and who represented a range of ages and schooling levels. Old Pascua was chosen because it was established as the first Yaqui community in Tucson and because of Yaqui student attendance in specific schools. Critical theory provides the study's theoretical framework. Such a framework illuminates both the institutional practices and policies which contribute to the limited success of minority students, and the means of transforming those limiting conditions. Yaqui oral narrative accounts serve as the primary documentation and critique of existing educational institutions. The individual and collective struggles revealed in these first-hand accounts, as well as the social, political, and historical factors impacting the lives of Yaqui individuals, are examined. This documentation and a thematic analysis of the accounts suggest several institutionally produced factors that contributed to Yaqui students' lack of school success: the hidden curriculum of school; family support for education; and perceptions related to success. These themes are explored relative to the lives of Yaqui individuals, to research literature, and to critical theory. Finally, participant-generated recommendations for institutional change are discussed. These include changes in school and community relations, relevance of schooling, and economic factors. This study provides insights into the uniqueness of Yaqui school experiences and extends the current body of literature on American Indian/Alaska Native education by considering schooling from a neglected perspective--one informed by Yaqui individuals themselves. By examining the complex array of factors contributing to Yaqui students' diminished school success, the study also joins microethnography, macroethnography, and critical theory in a unified, systemic approach.