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Ulanoff, Sharon H.; Fingon, Joan C.; Quiocho, Alice Maris Leilani – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
This paper examines the narratives/oral histories of three Latina teachers to help us understand how they negotiated and navigated their identity formation. We explore how they consciously constructed (Lee, 2013, p. 7) their professional identities, which are inextricably linked to their personal identities and their life stories or the "set…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Women Faculty, Professional Identity, Self Concept
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Terry, Tarae; Ghosh, Rajashi – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2015
Doctoral students leave their programs early due to lack of mentoring relationships needed to support degree completion and success. However, how mentoring contributes to Ed.D degree completion is not widely studied. In this qualitative narrative study, we sought to explore how multiple mentoring relationships reduced attrition in an Ed.D program.…
Descriptors: Mentors, Doctoral Programs, Success, School Holding Power
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Olive, James L. – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2012
This qualitative multiple-case study utilized a life history methodology in which written and oral narratives were obtained from six postsecondary students who self-identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or queer (LGBQ). Through the construction of life histories, the researcher endeavored to understand how past experiences and behaviors shaped…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Biographies, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation
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Torstenson, Tullie – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2007
This article is based upon two studies applying a life history approach, letting 15- to 16-year-olds reconstruct their own childhood in preschool and school, to see what meaning and importance children's experiences have in forming their self-concepts and philosophy of life. A combination of methods was used: written life stories, round tours in…
Descriptors: Biographies, World Views, Children, Adolescents