Development of Self, Organization, and Community: Chronicling a Pedagogy of Connection

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dc.contributor.advisorGuajardo, Miguel A.
dc.contributor.authorCarpenter, Blaine
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMartinez, Melissa
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGordon, Steve
dc.contributor.committeeMemberJanson, Chris
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-20T18:41:33Z
dc.date.available2022-01-20T18:41:33Z
dc.date.issued2019-12
dc.description.abstractBuilding on the work of Guajardo, Guajardo, Janson, and Militello’s Ecologies of Knowing (2015), this study seeks to define a pedagogy of connection to bridge ecological layers—self, organization, and community. Through a multi-sited ethnography, the researcher’s autoethnographic storymaking served as a body of literature which informed and verified the embodied understanding of pedagogy, as demonstrated through the post-ethnographic form known as a messy text. The messy text highlights the author’s role in planning and facilitating a Community Learning Exchange (CLE) event, which is put forth as an exemplary model for the development of self, organization, and community. Insights about the pedagogy of connection were gleaned from the CLE process and were validated by the author’s life experiences, as illustrated in a catalogue of life stories. High-level findings are five: (1) Vulnerable conversations build trust; (2) Higher learning is a team effort; (3) Connect through play; (4) “Treat people like people”; and (5) Embrace ambiguity. Educational leaders can benefit by embarking on a similar research process to understand the self, connecting their past with the future to inform their identity, mindset, and methods.
dc.description.departmentCounseling, Leadership, Adult Education, and School Psychology
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dc.format.extent227 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationCarpenter, B. (2019). <i>Development of self, organization, and community: Chronicling a pedagogy of connection</i> (Unpublished dissertation). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/15183
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectCommunity Learning Exchange (CLE)
dc.subjectIdentity development
dc.subjectCommunity/school partnerships
dc.subjectGrassroots organizational change
dc.subjectMulti-sited ethnography
dc.titleDevelopment of Self, Organization, and Community: Chronicling a Pedagogy of Connection
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.departmentCounseling, Leadership, Adult Education, & School Psychology
thesis.degree.disciplineSchool Improvement
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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