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Identity Formation of Jehovah's Witnesses - Carrie Ingersoll-Wood
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Disclaimer: This session was delivered for the 2023 ICSA Conference. The speaker of this session does not speak on behalf of ICSA as an organization.
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Abstract: Through qualitative research, my study addresses the inadequate amount of research investigating the educational identity formation of individuals who are raised as Jehovah's Witnesses (JW). Narratives from semi-structured interviews suggest that participants negotiated multiple identities in multiple frames—their identity as religious members and their personal educational identity in secular education. Individuals whose parents subscribed to the religion's notion that higher education was unnecessary and detrimental formed gendered educational identities that rejected their talents, suppressed their motivation, and foreclosed opportunities for autonomy and self-satisfaction in personal goal setting and career selection.
Identity Formation of Jehovah's Witnesses - Carrie Ingersoll-Wood
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Disclaimer: This session was delivered for the 2023 ICSA Conference. The speaker of this session does not speak on behalf of ICSA as an organization.
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Abstract: Through qualitative research, my study addresses the inadequate amount of research investigating the educational identity formation of individuals who are raised as Jehovah's Witnesses (JW). Narratives from semi-structured interviews suggest that participants negotiated multiple identities in multiple frames—their identity as religious members and their personal educational identity in secular education. Individuals whose parents subscribed to the religion's notion that higher education was unnecessary and detrimental formed gendered educational identities that rejected their talents, suppressed their motivation, and foreclosed opportunities for autonomy and self-satisfaction in personal goal setting and career selection.
