Precipitates of power within a middle school culture of success

dc.contributorErevelles, Nirmala
dc.contributorAdams, Natalie G.
dc.contributorTomlinson, Stephen
dc.contributorPetrovic, John E.
dc.contributorPleasants, Heather M.
dc.contributor.advisorErevelles, Nirmala
dc.contributor.authorDickens, Daniel Phillip
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-01T14:36:46Z
dc.date.available2017-03-01T14:36:46Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation explores how students, teachers, classified personnel, and administrators articulate definitions of success. Data collection occurred at a middle school and included individual and group interviews, student responses, and pictures. Critical Discourse Analysis is the primary framework used to understand how languages of success operate according to the articulations of individuals within the school. This study concluded that three distinct categories exist within the school culture of success: Administrative, Pedagogic, and Student. However, the dominant culture of success is the Administration's ideologies of success which was apparent through the replication of words and phrases by faculty members and students. The threecategories of success were documented according to how individuals used various languages of success to create meanings relevant to the areas of academic, social, and personal success. The school displayed its culture through both the languages of success used and the visual spaces that represent success to members of the school and of the community. The implications for this project are for educators to begin to grasp how abstract terms like success play pivotal roles in forming students' identities.en_US
dc.format.extent223 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0000452
dc.identifier.otherDickens_alatus_0004D_10543
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/957
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectEducational leadership
dc.subjectCurriculum development
dc.subjectEducation policy
dc.titlePrecipitates of power within a middle school culture of successen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies
etdms.degree.disciplineInstructional Leadership
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.leveldoctoral
etdms.degree.namePh.D.
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