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Digitalized Dance: The relational ethics of teachers

Bennett-Kinne, Andrea
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8711-8591
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1732184812956647

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2024, Doctor of Philosophy, Miami University, Educational Leadership.
This dissertation investigates the impact of digitalization on teachers' perceptions of their professional subjectivity and relationships within K-12 education in the United States. Assuming schools are political and ideological spaces, this project explores how digitalization informs teachers' identities, agency, and pedagogical values through a narrative inquiry approach. I conducted semi-structured interviews with eight teachers from five high schools in the Midwest, utilizing narratives analysis to examine their personal and professional stories. These interviews provided insights into how teachers navigate the tensions between digitalization’s promises, impacts, and realities. By analyzing the narratives, I uncovered underlying values of relational democratic aims and ethics in education. Grounded in two central questions: how have teacher identity, subjectivity, and agency been challenged and uniquely developed within the digitalization of education and how teachers perceive its potential for fostering participatory agency – I utilize critical pragmatism and narrative analysis to highlight the tensions between the promise of digitalization and its practical realities that structure subjectivities. Teacher participants expressed frustration over students’ struggles with technology, revealing a disconnect between the anticipated benefits and actual implementation. This project contributes to the literature by addressing the ethical implications of digitalization, arguing that while it has the potential to enhance educational practices, it often perpetuates ideologies that prioritize convenience and efficiency over relational values. Ultimately, this research advocates for more critical inquiry into digitalization, emphasizing the need for educational stakeholders to embrace the complexity and ambiguity to foster environments that uphold democratic educational values and relational ethics
Kathleen Knight Abowitz (Committee Chair)
Kate Rousmaniere (Committee Member)
Lisa Weems (Committee Member)
Thomas Misco (Committee Member)
198 p.
Education; Education Philosophy; Educational Leadership; Educational Technology; Educational Theory; Teaching
relational ethics; digitalization of education; teachers; neoliberalism; subjectivity; agency; identity; critical pragmatism; narrative inquiry; abductive thematic analysis

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  • Bennett-Kinne, A. (2024). Digitalized Dance: The relational ethics of teachers [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1732184812956647

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bennett-Kinne, Andrea. Digitalized Dance: The relational ethics of teachers. 2024. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1732184812956647.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bennett-Kinne, Andrea. "Digitalized Dance: The relational ethics of teachers." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1732184812956647

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