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Employing Resistance and Resilience in Pursuing K-12 Schooling and Higher Education

Lived Experiences of Successful Female First-Generation Students of Color

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ID10855471
AuthorsLaura M Portnoi (California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA, corresponding author), Tiffany M Kwong (California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA)
Year2019
Volume54
Issue3
Pages430-458
Publication date2019-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0042-0859 • E-ISSN: 1552-8340
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0042085915623333
OpenAlexW2410666202
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited47

Drawing upon standpoint theory and phenomenology, this study chronicles the lived experiences of 16 successful female first-generation students of color as they pursued K-12 schooling and accessed higher education. Findings indicate that a complex set of school, family, peer, and personal factors affected students’ lived experiences in their urban environments; three holistic student profiles illustrate the interconnectedness of these factors. Stories of successful female first-generation students of color demonstrate how they, despite facing numerous challenges, used resistance and resilience during their K-12 urban schooling and when accessing higher education

Economic growth · Higher education · Lived experience · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Phenomenology (philosophy) · Psychological resilience · Resistance (ecology) · Set (abstract data type) · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Higher Education Research Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support

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