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Learning Through Privilege: My Teaching and Educational Journey

This ethnography traces my journey teaching kindergarten in the Pico Union neighborhood in Los Angeles. Its purpose is to understand the macro and micro levels of the community to inform my teaching practices and support my students and families. On a micro-level, I conducted case studies on three specific students. Data analysis of in-home interviews, personal interactions, and assessments allowed me to create action plans to best support these students’ academic, social, and emotional needs. On a macro level, I studied my students’ environments: community, school, and classroom. Attending community events, learning about my school’s mission, and reflecting on my classroom culture and expectations, I internalized how students’ environments plays a role in their education. By analyzing whole class and individual student data and reflecting on my own development, I grew as a professional educator and became an effective and socially just teacher.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:CLAREMONT/oai:scholarship.claremont.edu:cgu_etd-1143
Date01 January 2019
CreatorsBirkenbeuel, Grace
PublisherScholarship @ Claremont
Source SetsClaremont Colleges
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Formatapplication/pdf
SourceCGU Theses & Dissertations
Rights© 2019 Grace C Birkenbeuel, default

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