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Dissertation
A phenomenological case study: African American tenth-grade male students’ perceptions of education
University of West Florida Libraries
Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida
2025
Abstract
The phenomenological case study investigated African American Tenth-grade males' perception of education and their lived experiences. It has the potential to address the persistent difficulties of low graduation rates, below-average academic performance, and high dropout rates in the public school system. This study will employ Bronfenbrenner's ecological system theory (EST) as the theoretical framework to investigate the African American Tenth-grade male's perception of education. Bronfenbrenner's theory, a cornerstone of developmental psychology, posits that human development is shaped by a progressive life course of mutual accommodation of complex biopsychological organisms that adapt to their environmental settings. The use of this robust theoretical framework will allow for a comprehensive understanding of the African American tenth grade male student's lived experience and human development, as it encompasses the five constructs of external influences: microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, and chronosystem (Bronfenbrenner, 1979, 1989). The pivotal question this study seeks to answer is of significant importance: 'Which factors within the lived experiences of African American tenth grade males influence their perception of education?'
Details
- Title
- A phenomenological case study
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Contributors
- Julie Gray (Committee Chair)Debra Rayford (Committee Member)Elizabeth Bemiss (Committee Member)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 247
- Copyright
- Unpublished work © David Maurice Williams, I
- Identifiers
- 99381469453106600
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Doctor of Education (EDD)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida