Browsing by Thesis Advisor "Castro, Antonio J."
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Along a Mobius strip : a journey into postcolonial theory, decolonization, and social studies within Indigenous context
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)Utilizing scholarship related to postcolonial theory, decolonization, and critical pedagogy, this dissertation sought to deconstruct the traditions of qualitative academic research to open spaces for critical dialogue about ... -
Ideology and education : a three-article dissertation exploring implications for democracy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The proposed dissertation follows a three article format. The articles represent distinct but interrelated strands of research; the first article focuses on developing a scale measuring teachers' orientation to social ... -
Meeting Rwanda halfway : the entanglement of matter and meaning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation arose from research following U.S. college students on a month-long study abroad trip to Rwanda to learn about the 1994 Genocide ... -
Reading young adult fiction and the world to find racial civic litearcy in a social studies methods class
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)This dissertation sought to explore the way preservice teachers grappled with race/ism and citizenship during a social studies methods class. Relying on the theoretical framework of racial civic literacy, this instrumental ... -
Rethinking PD as participatory development : engaging in collaboration toward racial literacies development
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)This dissertation outlines a participatory action research project collaborative consisting of three early career elementary teachers and one doctoral student. The goal of this collaboration was the racial literacies ... -
Secondary-level social studies pedagogical planning to inclusive practices : how prepared are our teacher candidates to work in today's 21st century inclusive high school classroom /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This research study looked at how three high school preservice social studies teachers, from three different teacher training programs, were prepared ... -
Social studies, denizens, and the state: A three-article dissertation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation examines education as an apparatus of state in three different research studies. The first paper, “Cultural Bombs and Dangerous ... -
Swimming through whiteness : exploring non-racism and anti-racism in social studies teacher education /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)This dissertation sought to uncover the racial knowledge, racial standpoint, and racial pedagogical decision making of secondary social studies teacher education students. Grounded in critical race theory and critical ... -
"When people push us, it just makes us feel better" : a multi-case exploration of the tools, relationships, and contexts of near-peer mentoring for college
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)This study sought to explore the unique ways near-peer mentors serving in three different public high schools help historically marginalized students address and overcome informational and psychological barriers to college. ...