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Description:: This dissertation analyzes how suburban school districts made sense of and planned to reduce inequality between 2019–2021. Previous literature has found that suburban schools, despite their reputation as the best in the country, are deeply unequal (Lewis and Diamond 2015; Lewis-McCoy 2014). Building on this previous scholarship, I ask: How...
Keyword:: Suburbs, Diversity, Politics, and Equity
Subject:: Sociology and Education
Creator:: Handsman, Emily
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 09/22/2022
Date Created:: 2022-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_916286 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16148

Description:: This dissertation aims to: 1) characterize the range of beliefs museum practitioners have about racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity; 2) their understanding of the role of race, culture, and ethnicity in minoritized learners’ sensemaking; and 3) the areas of tension and symmetry between practitioners’ values and their perception of their...
Keyword:: Museum, Informal Learning, Diversity, Equity, Positioning Theory, and Science
Subject:: Teacher education, Education, and Museum studies
Creator:: Villanosa, Krystal
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 10/07/2021
Date Created:: 2021-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_844403 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15736

Description:: In today’s climate of rising economic inequality, drone warfare, xenophobic politics, and Big Brother technology, understanding how we might best design learning environments to provide opportunities for expanding the purpose and potentialities of STEM education for minoritized communities grows in importance daily. This dissertation is a 3-part study that examines...
Keyword:: Equity, STEM Education, Inequality, Self-efficacy, Civics, and Stratification Beliefs
Subject:: Caribbean studies and Education
Creator:: Bethune, Anna Priscilla
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/01/2021
Date Created:: 2020-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15388 and etdadmin_upload_780217

Description:: The purpose of this research is to apply a sociocultural lens to examine students’ perceptions of usefulness in mathematics. It is important to explore perceptions of usefulness, as teachers are increasingly being encouraged to help their students view mathematics as useful. However, we know little about how students – and...
Keyword:: Equity, Student engagement, Sociocultural context, Mathematics education, and Utility value
Subject:: Learning Sciences
Creator:: Tracy Elyse Dobie
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 02/26/2018
Date Modified:: 02/26/2018
Date Created:: 2016-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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