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Author:
Chan, Wai Fieh
Dept./Program:
College of Education and Social Services
Year:
2012
Degree:
M. Ed.
Abstract:
Issues of race and socio-economic class are urgent topics emerging in K-12 education. With the continued entrance of new students from increasingly diverse backgrounds, educators must find ways to bridge the gap that race and class create in preventing students from realizing their potential and achieving their academic goals. Teachers, coaches, and administrators all play pivotal roles in defining the type of educational experience students enter into and must aim to do more than deliver content and enforce rules and regulations.
This thesis, written in the Scholarly Personal Narrative methodology, proposes new and current educators achieve this goal by building I-Thou relationships and becoming aspiring mentors. It is the genuine sharing of our unique stories that enables students to create necessary shared experiences and allows them to freely tell their stories, thus closing the gap created by race and class.