Date of Award:

5-2020

Document Type:

Dissertation

Degree Name:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department:

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

Department name when degree awarded

Teaching Education and Leadership

Committee Chair(s)

Amy Wilson-Lopez (Committee Chair), Amy Piotrowski (Committee Co-Chair)

Committee

Amy Wilson-Lopez

Committee

Amy Piotrowski

Committee

Joyce Kinkead

Committee

Sylvia Read

Committee

Eric Mohr

Committee

Cindy Jones

Abstract

Many factors can attribute to a working-class, rural, male adolescent reluctant reader. This intersection of social factors warrants research to find out the reading attitudes and identity of adolescents with the aforementioned factors. In order to conduct this research, I interviewed six young men, their parents, and their English teacher. I also observed them in their English classroom and in a venue of their choosing. A major component of this research included looking at their past and present reading identities, along with uncovering how they pictured themselves in the future regarding post high school schooling, career, and family.

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