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“WHO I AM”: SUPPORTING PRE-SERVICE TEACHER INTEGRITY WITHIN AN EVIDENCE-BASED STUDENT TEACHING ASSESSMENT PROGRAM by Virginia Louise Mohr A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Instruction MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY Bozeman, Montana April 2018 ©COPYRIGHT by Virginia Louise Mohr 2018 All Rights Reserved ii DEDICATION I dedicate this work to my parents, who show me how to be young whatever my age; my children, Rachel, Emily, and Weston who keep me from loneliness; and my granddaughters, Adrienne and Kallia Marks, who are my daily joy. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to thank Dr. Ann Ellsworth for years of support and friendship, Dr. David Henderson for introducing me to Dr. Parker Palmer’s work (and living it), and Drs. Christine Rogers Stanton and Sarah Schmitt-Wilson for lending their expertise over many years. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................1 Problem Statement .........................................................................................................12 Purpose Statement ..........................................................................................................17 Research Questions ........................................................................................................18 Definition of Terms........................................................................................................20 Limitations and Delimitations ........................................................................................22 Significance of Study .....................................................................................................27 2. LITERATURE REVIEW ..............................................................................................31 Introduction ....................................................................................................................31 Search Description .........................................................................................................32 Conceptual Framework ..................................................................................................33 Student Teaching ...........................................................................................................35 Integrity ..........................................................................................................................39 Integrity and Identity......................................................................................................42 Integrity and Vulnerability .............................................................................................48 Integrity and Courage ....................................................................................................52 Integrity and Balance .....................................................................................................54 Integrity and Community ...............................................................................................58 Integrity and Calling ......................................................................................................66 Integrity and Writing......................................................................................................71 Integrity and Assessment ...............................................................................................76 Integrity and the Teacher Work Sample ........................................................................80 Summary of Chapter Two ..............................................................................................87 3. METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................90 Introduction ....................................................................................................................90 Research Paradigm.........................................................................................................90 Bounding the Case .........................................................................................................96 Research Questions ........................................................................................................98 Problem Statement .........................................................................................................99 Methodology ................................................................................................................101 Principles of Investigation ...................................................................................101 Procedures of Investigation..................................................................................103 v TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTINUED Rationale for Methods of Investigation ...............................................................107 Theoretical Analysis of Methods of Investigation ...............................................108 Participants ...................................................................................................................113 Trustworthiness of Data ...............................................................................................118 Data Analysis ...............................................................................................................121 Conceptualizing the Data .............................................................................................123 Researcher Role ...........................................................................................................126 Conclusion ...................................................................................................................131 4. RESULTS ....................................................................................................................132 Introduction ..................................................................................................................132 Study Beginnings .........................................................................................................136 Participants ...................................................................................................................138 Data Analysis Procedure ..............................................................................................142 Vulnerability and Comfort (Confidence): Sheridan ....................................................143 Challenge and Courage: Mary .....................................................................................151 Imbalance and Balance: Lauren ...................................................................................155 Isolation and Community: Sarah .................................................................................160 Labor and Calling: Holly .............................................................................................166 Nurturing “Who I am” .........................................................................................167 Nurturing Others (“Who they are”) .....................................................................169 Resisting Repression ............................................................................................171 Upholding Ethics .................................................................................................175 Embracing Humanity ...........................................................................................177 Grasping Joy ........................................................................................................179 Maternal Thinking, Women’s Ways of Knowing .........................................................180 Holding and Comfort ...........................................................................................182 Question Posing and Growth ...............................................................................187 Questioning Acceptability ...................................................................................190 The Teacher Work Sample ..........................................................................................193 Vulnerability and Comfort: TWS .......................................................................195 Challenge and Courage: TWS ............................................................................200 Imbalance and Balance: TWS .............................................................................204 Isolation and Community: TWS .........................................................................206 Labor and Calling: TWS .....................................................................................210 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTINUED Clinical Evaluators .......................................................................................................218 Vulnerability: CEs ..............................................................................................219 Challenge: CEs....................................................................................................220 Balance: CEs .......................................................................................................221 Community: CEs .................................................................................................222 Calling: CEs ........................................................................................................223