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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Floating on the Fringe: College of Education Students' Discourse about Diversity
Oikonomidoy, Eleni; Wiest, Lynda R.; Sanchez, Jafeth E.; DeFlorio, Lydia
Teacher Educator, v54 n4 p377-396 2019
This phenomenological research study focused on how education students perceived diversity in their academic lives, as well as the language they used when they talked about diversity. Focus groups with 36 undergraduate and graduate students in a college of education were conducted to explore these areas. Three themes were identified through a two-phase analytical approach. These were: (a) limited or inconsistent exposure to diversity at the college; (b) instances of othering and exclusion that took place in various spaces; and (c) divergent ways of talking about the diversity climate. The article concludes with a renewed call for increased attention to diversity in colleges of education.
Descriptors: College Students, Teacher Education Programs, Diversity, Social Bias, College Environment, Language Usage, Social Attitudes, Social Isolation, Religion, Ethnicity, Gender Bias, Racial Bias, Peer Relationship, Student Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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