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Just Pushing Through: Developmental Student Perspectives of Their Positioning in Higher Education

Dorhout, Lesley
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4432-4360
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1637063542986416

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2021, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Educational Studies.
Developmental education has been in the hot seat for several decades with its critics calling for reform and its practitioners asserting its effectiveness given time. Wedged in the middle of this highly debated topic are the students who place into developmental education; students who should have a voice in the debate. This practitioner action research study brought students to the research table and asked them about their experiences in developmental education and how these experiences impacted them. Three distinct research tools modified for the online environment were used to collect data: a group-level assessment, photovoice, and semi-structured interviews. A combination of relational cultural theory and new literacy studies was used to analyze the data and draw conclusions. I argue that students placed into developmental education experience two separate spaces in higher education: a space of marginalization and inequity, as well as a space of benefit and care.
Constance| Kendall Theado, Ph.D (Committee Chair)
Miriam Raider-Roth, Ed.D (Committee Member)
Mark Sulzer, Ph.D (Committee Member)
Adult Education; Community College Education; Education
developmental education; student perspectives; relational cultural theory; participatory action research; online research; group level assessment

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  • Dorhout, L. (2021). Just Pushing Through: Developmental Student Perspectives of Their Positioning in Higher Education [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1637063542986416

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dorhout, Lesley. Just Pushing Through: Developmental Student Perspectives of Their Positioning in Higher Education. 2021. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1637063542986416.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dorhout, Lesley. "Just Pushing Through: Developmental Student Perspectives of Their Positioning in Higher Education." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1637063542986416

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