{"id":16994,"date":"2023-04-24T23:39:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T23:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/what-role-does-identity-play-in-ones-educational-journey-remember-identity-is-a-very-broad-term-so-feel-free-to-discuss-multiple-facets-or-you-can-also-choose-a-single-identity-to-focus-on\/"},"modified":"2023-04-24T23:39:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T23:39:08","slug":"what-role-does-identity-play-in-ones-educational-journey-remember-identity-is-a-very-broad-term-so-feel-free-to-discuss-multiple-facets-or-you-can-also-choose-a-single-identity-to-focus-on","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/what-role-does-identity-play-in-ones-educational-journey-remember-identity-is-a-very-broad-term-so-feel-free-to-discuss-multiple-facets-or-you-can-also-choose-a-single-identity-to-focus-on\/","title":{"rendered":"What role does identity play in one\u2019s educational journey? Remember identity is a very broad term, so feel free to discuss multiple facets or you can also choose a single identity to focus on."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Use your own research, at least two texts from our class, and your own experience\/observations as<\/p>\n<div>evidence for your reasoning.\n<\/div>\n<div>Prewriting ideas and questions to assist in developing your argument:\n<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf When considering how identity can affect one\u2019s educational journey, think of gender, sex, culture,\n<\/div>\n<div>social class, individual characteristics, family dynamics, and parent&#8217;s education level, and how\n<\/div>\n<div>those can affect their identity and therefore one\u2019s preparation and attitude.\n<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf How does Claude Steele\u2019s concept of identity contingencies and stereotype threat play into your\n<\/div>\n<div>experience in college; choice of major; performance in certain subjects; success, and people\u2019s\n<\/div>\n<div>perceptions of you?\n<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf How does being a first-generation college student affect one\u2019s success\/attitude in their education?\n<\/div>\n<div>How does having college-educated parents affect one\u2019s success\/attitude in their education\n<\/div>\n<div>(Banks-Santilli)? &#8220;The Unique Challenges of First Generation Students&#8221;&#8221;The Unique Challenges of First Generation Students&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf How can an educational journey affect identity? Does it change a way of thinking? Consider how\n<\/div>\n<div>Richard Rodriguez\u2019s educational journey affected his identity in \u201cAchievement of Desire.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf Does education necessarily estrange us from our background, friends, family, culture, etc.? Does\n<\/div>\n<div>education shape or create a new identity? What universal truth does his essay reveal?\n<\/div>\n<div>(Rodriguez)?&#8221;Achievement of Desire&#8221;&#8221;Achievement of Desire&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf How can Yosso\u2019s Cultural Wealth model be a source of strength and success? In other words, how\n<\/div>\n<div>can one\u2019s identity (background and culture) be leveraged for achievement?\n<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf How do stereotypes create fixed mindsets? This can be answered in Carol Dwek\u2019s essay,\n<\/div>\n<div>\u201cBrainologyUse your own research, at least two texts from our class, and your own experience\/observations as\n<\/div>\n<div>evidence for your reasoning.\n<\/div>\n<div>Prewriting ideas and questions to assist in developing your argument:\n<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf When considering how identity can affect one\u2019s educational journey, think of gender, sex, culture,\n<\/div>\n<div>social class, individual characteristics, family dynamics, and parent&#8217;s education level, and how\n<\/div>\n<div>those can affect their identity and therefore one\u2019s preparation and attitude.\n<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf How does Claude Steele\u2019s concept of identity contingencies and stereotype threat play into your\n<\/div>\n<div>experience in college; choice of major; performance in certain subjects; success, and people\u2019s\n<\/div>\n<div>perceptions of you? Claude Steele&#8217;s excerpt from Whistling Vivaldi Claude Steele&#8217;s excerpt from Whistling Vivaldi (CH 1)<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf How does being a first-generation college student affect one\u2019s success\/attitude in their education?\n<\/div>\n<div>How does having college-educated parents affect one\u2019s success\/attitude in their education\n<\/div>\n<div>(Banks-Santilli)?\n<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf How can an educational journey affect identity? Does it change a way of thinking? Consider how\n<\/div>\n<div>Richard Rodriguez\u2019s educational journey affected his identity in \u201cAchievement of Desire.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf Does education necessarily estrange us from our background, friends, family, culture, etc.? Does\n<\/div>\n<div>education shape or create a new identity? What universal truth does his essay reveal?\n<\/div>\n<div>(Rodriguez)?\n<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf How can Yosso\u2019s Cultural Wealth model be a source of strength and success? In other words, how\n<\/div>\n<div>can one\u2019s identity (background and culture) be leveraged for achievement?\n<\/div>\n<div>\u25cf How do stereotypes create fixed mindsets? This can be answered in Carol Dwek\u2019s essay,\n<\/div>\n<div>\u201cBrainology<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use your own research, at least two texts from our class, and your own experience\/observations as evidence for your reasoning. Prewriting ideas and questions to assist in developing your argument: \u25cf When considering how identity can affect one\u2019s educational journey, think of gender, sex, culture, social class, individual characteristics, family dynamics, and parent&#8217;s education level, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[186],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/16994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/16994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=16994"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=16994"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=16994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}