"Wherever You Go, There You Are:" Examining the Development and Integration of Individual Identity Across Multiple Domains and Contexts
Document Type
Conference Paper
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Learning in the Disciples: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2010)-Volume 2, Short Papers, Symposia, and Selected Abstracts
Editor
K. Gomez, L. Lyons, & J. Radinsky
Publication Date
2010
First Page
69
Last Page
76
Abstract
This symposium brings together researchers focused on issues of learning and identity development. We examine how the development of identity relative to a particular domain-specific learning environment—such as a leadership seminar, a nature trail guide program, a writing class project, or a teacher professional development course—can be better understood by looking at learners as whole persons, relative to their other experiences and identities. In other words, we investigate evolving identity within contexts by looking more broadly at participant identity across contexts. The session will present findings from this research, share methods for accomplishing this difficult work and making it manageable, discuss implications for further theory-building about identity, and provide recommendations for designing learning environments with identity development in mind.
Recommended Citation
Ching, C. C., Evans, E., Faber, E., Fields, D. A., Nasir, N. S. (2010). “Wherever you go, there you are:” Examining the development and integration of individual identity across multiple domains and contexts. In Gomez, K., Lyons, L., & Radinsky, J. (Eds.) Learning in the Disciplines: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2010) - Volume 2, Short Papers, Symposia, and Selected Abstracts. International Society of the Learning Sciences: Chicago IL, 69-76.
