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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 23-34 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | The Rural Educator |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
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Journeying Beyond: Digital Storytelling with Rural Youth. / Staley, Brenda.
In: The Rural Educator, Vol. 38, No. 2, 2017, p. 23-34.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Journeying Beyond: Digital Storytelling with Rural Youth
AU - Staley, Brenda
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This paper describes a digital storytelling project, completed with two classes of “non-college bound” Seniors at Shady Grove High School in the Midwestern United States. Using narrative inquiry as a methodological framework, student’s stories were examined and considered as meaningful contributions to current knowledge about issues in rural education. Three broad themes revealed themselves in the student’s work: 1. High school is viewed solely as a pipeline to college, 2. High school is not seen as “useful” or meaningful for students with career aspirations that do not require a four-year college degree, and 3. High school is mediated through the relationships formed there (teacher and peer). This project revealed the complex and complicated ways in which one group of rural students engaged with digital literacies to reflect on who they are, how they see themselves, and how they view their educational experiences connecting to their future selves.
AB - This paper describes a digital storytelling project, completed with two classes of “non-college bound” Seniors at Shady Grove High School in the Midwestern United States. Using narrative inquiry as a methodological framework, student’s stories were examined and considered as meaningful contributions to current knowledge about issues in rural education. Three broad themes revealed themselves in the student’s work: 1. High school is viewed solely as a pipeline to college, 2. High school is not seen as “useful” or meaningful for students with career aspirations that do not require a four-year college degree, and 3. High school is mediated through the relationships formed there (teacher and peer). This project revealed the complex and complicated ways in which one group of rural students engaged with digital literacies to reflect on who they are, how they see themselves, and how they view their educational experiences connecting to their future selves.
KW - rural youth
KW - adolescence
KW - digital storytelling
KW - high school
KW - narrative inquiry
M3 - Article
VL - 38
SP - 23
EP - 34
JO - The Rural Educator
JF - The Rural Educator
IS - 2
ER -