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000008460 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.52295/dcc.8460
000008460 037__ $$aTHESIS
000008460 041__ $$aeng
000008460 245__ $$aTelling Ourselves: Reflexive Stories and the Social Construction of Self in the Classroom
000008460 260__ $$c2025-02-15
000008460 270__ $$mp_baroody@coloradocollege.edu
000008460 300__ $$a40 pages$$bcolor illustrations$$fPDF files
000008460 380__ $$aThesis
000008460 502__ $$d2025$$nEducation Department
000008460 520__ $$aNarrative identity has become an increasingly popular area for study, especially in the classroom. This study aimed to explore storytelling as connected to identity in the classroom. I collected qualitative data in the form of stories and interactions from two focus groups with 8 participants. From this qualitative data, I found that storytelling, as an inherently social practice, can be a window into students’ figured worlds. Specifically, I found that storytelling with peers can highlight an individual’s knowledge of their relationships; that stories inform the self and the self informs stories in a reflexive pattern through social interaction; that retelling well-known stories can show connections and relations of students to characters; and that school situates the structure of a specific type of story. My findings underline three important aspects of using storytelling as a relational practice for building teacher-student trust in the classroom: suggestions for leaving prompts open-ended, responding with encouragement rather than directions, and knowing that every story is informed in a social context.
000008460 542__ $$fCopyright Reserved, non-exclusive rights granted to Colorado College for distribution
000008460 650_0 $$aIdentity (Psychology)
000008460 650_0 $$aNarration (Rhetoric)
000008460 650_0 $$aInteraction analysis in education
000008460 650_4 $$aNarrative identity
000008460 650_4 $$aFigured worlds
000008460 650_4 $$aReflexive stories
000008460 650_4 $$aRelational pedagogy
000008460 7001_ $$aBaroody, Persie
000008460 72012 $$aArias, Juan Miguel$$mjmarias@coloradocollege.edu$$0126
000008460 8564_ $$uhttps://digitalcc.coloradocollege.edu/record/8460/files/Education_Baroody_TellingOurselves.pdf$$955eb35af-fa9f-45d1-ae7b-a0e51a97b1ab$$s946243
000008460 961__ $$amhartmann@coloradocollege.edu
000008460 970__ $$aUser agreed to Deposit Submission Agreement
000008460 980__ $$aIR
000008460 982__ $$aEducation Department Student Theses 2024-25