Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Date of Degree
9-2021
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Program
Urban Education
Advisor
Wendy Luttrell
Committee Members
David Connor
Judith Kafka
Subject Categories
Disability and Equity in Education | Education | Special Education and Teaching
Keywords
deservingness, belonging, education, settler-colonialism, structural racism, narrative inquiry
Abstract
Using the tools of narrative, discourse, and visual analysis, this study examines the sensemaking of educators and former students who work(ed) and learn(ed) in self-contained special education settings. In three individual interview sessions (and one final sensemaking session), I interviewed fourteen educators and nine former students who work(ed) and learn(ed)in different kinds of self-contained settings within the New York City public school system.This project is not about a specific school, as self-contained classrooms exist in different configurations and locations throughout the city and the country. To protect the participants, all names and references to specific schools and programs have been changed. More than anything, this is a project that seeks to counter, complicate, and change the narrative of the deficit-laden research that currently informs decisions about special education and the exclusion of students who challenge traditional classroom practices such as sitting still or following directions.
Recommended Citation
Clark, Emily B., "Deserving to Belong: Complex Narratives of Working and Learning in Self-Contained Spaces" (2021). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/4610
"People Don't Know" stop motion video
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"Lit" stop motion video