Teacher Instructional Moves and Choices That Facilitate Pacific Island Students Sense of Belonging (67069)
Session Chair: Minseok Yang
Saturday, January 7, 2023 (10:55)
Session: Session 2
Room: 322B
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
This study looks at teacher instructional moves and choices in a classroom setting that facilitate student perceptions of belonging at one University in Hawaii with high levels of Pacific Islander students. Ninety-seven Pacific Island college students participated in 17 on-campus focus groups facilitated by members of the research team, held on campus over 7 weeks during the summer of 2022. Consent forms were collected prior to data collections and all data collections were approved by the IRB. Focus groups lasted approximately 90 minutes and included questions related to student perceptions of ethnic identity and school belonging. All focus group interviews were audio and video recorded over ZOOM, then transcribed and de-identified for analysis.
Transcriptions of focus group interviews were analyzed iteratively with an inductive coding strategy looking for emergent themes and patterns (Cresswell, 2009; Miles et al., 2014). Analyses revealed multiple themes about teacher instructional moves and choices that promoted or inhibited students’ sense of school belonging among Pacific Islander students. Students talked about the importance of a teacher learning, knowing and correctly pronouncing their names as important for feeling like they belonged. Teachers displaying knowledge of their home culture contributed to creating a safe space for discussion and students noted how these teachers were able to create content that was relevant and applicable to them. Students described how it was important for them to have teachers who looked like them, meaning who were teachers of color or of Pacific Islander descent.
Authors:
Kehaulani Malzl, Brigham Young University, United States
Erika Feinauer, Brigham Young University, United States
Spencer Scanlan, Brigham Young University, United States
About the Presenter(s)
Ms Kehaulani Malzl is a University Postgraduate Student at BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, United States
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