Open AccessIndicators of Resiliency Among Urban Elementary School Students At-Risk
Author(s) -
John L. Rausch,
C Denver Lovett,
Christopher O. Walker
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2003.1868
Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , psychology , drop out , narrative , qualitative research , at risk students , phenomenon , mathematics education , phenomenology (philosophy) , social psychology , developmental psychology , pedagogy , sociology , mathematics , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics , demographic economics , economics , linguistics , epistemology , social science , philosophy
This study was designed to investigate the phenomenon of resiliency among urban elementary school students in an at-risk environment. In contrast with previous studies narrowly focused upon the identification of risk factors, this study utilized a phenomenological qualitative approach to investigate indicators of resiliency from both individual and contextual perspectives. The narrative descriptions of 25 elementary school students in an at-risk environment were analyzed. The results indicated that the participants had strong individual and contextual resiliency indicators through the fifth grade despite being educated in a school district with almost a 60% drop-out rate before high school graduation.
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