Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor…Teaching About Discrimination Through an Experiential Immigration Unit
GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR…TEACHING ABOUT DISCRIMINATION THROUGH AN EXPERIENTIAL IMMIGRATION UNIT by Christy Shannon Moore This Dissertation is in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Ed.D. Degree for Assessment, Learning, and School Improvement Middle Tennessee State University August 2016 Dissertation Committee: Dr. Rick Vanosdall, Chair Dr. Nancy Caukin Dr. Christopher Quarto ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Without God’s guidance, stability, refuge, and mercy to guide me through this journey, I would be lost. For Bobby, Natalie, and Mason, who, without your love, patience, sacrifice, grace, and understanding, my dream of earning a doctorate would not have come to fruition. For my dad and mom: Dad, thank you for inspiring my love of history and natural curiosity, and Mom, thank you for your encouragement, discernment, and for modeling a strong work ethic. Dr. V, my Dǎoshī, thank you for pushing me to excellence, embodying the type of leader to which I aspire, and for guiding me to “Be like water.” My committee members, Dr. Caukin and Dr. Quarto, thank you for steering me through this process with wisdom and empathy. For my best friend and cohort in crime, Christa, I am so thankful to have you beside me on this journey. We have laughed and cried together, and I would not have it any other way. To my friends and family, thank you for supporting my decisions, your compassion, and being willing to step in to help in my absence. To my students, your profound insight throughout this study proves that when students construct their own knowledge, it is meaningful and enlightening.
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