Echoes of Transnational Teachers

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dc.contributor.advisorGuajardo, Miguel A.
dc.contributor.authorBowlby-Holt, Susan M.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberLarrotta, Clarena
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMartinez, Melissa
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMilitello, Matthew
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-09T20:11:37Z
dc.date.available2015-12-09T20:11:37Z
dc.date.issued2015-12
dc.description.abstractThe primary focus of this qualitative study was to uncover and examine through narrative inquiry the cultural fronts experienced and navigated by transnational teachers. Five transnational teachers from Spain participated in the research. Teachers shared their lived experiences through narratives captured in pláticas and photo narratives. Pláticas included early life experiences and personal education in their homelands. Teachers also shared their individual recruitment, interview processes, and transitional experiences to the United States. Finally, teachers discussed the organizational dynamics and experiences as educators in a new culture. Participants grew in cultural consciousness and critical meaning making through composing, recomposing, and sharing their stories with one another. During a culminating cultural fronts retreat participants shared dialogue that illuminated the shared experiences that challenged and inspired them as new transnational teachers. Analysis of the written and photo narratives provided insight to the critical cultural fronts faced by transnational teachers and provided the foundation for determination of recommendations concerning: a. Transnational relocation as it relates to family, teaching, and cultural challenges, b. Orientation, training, and professional to support for transnational teachers, c. Negotiate their cultural identities, and d. Practices and Policies that impact transnational teacher experiences.
dc.description.departmentCounseling, Leadership, Adult Education, and School Psychology
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dc.format.extent302 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationBowlby-Holt, S. M. (2015). <i>Echoes of transnational teachers</i> (Unpublished dissertation). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/5881
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectTransnational teachers
dc.subjectCultural fronts
dc.subjectQualitative methodology
dc.subjectBricolage
dc.subjectPláticas
dc.subject.lcshEducation--Cross-cultural studiesen_US
dc.subject.lcshTeaching--Cross-cultural studiesen_US
dc.titleEchoes of Transnational Teachers
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.departmentCounseling, Leadership, Adult Education and School Psychologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSchool Improvement
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US

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