Document Type
Dissertation
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Major
Education
Date of Defense
11-6-2016
Graduate Advisor
Matthew D. Davis, PhD
Committee
Lynn Beckwith
Thomasina Hassler
Claude Weathersby
Abstract
This study documents the narrative of a long term urban high school based program (1978-2012) for pregnant and parenting students, and how this school based program has developed a model of support using Title IX federal law guidelines to construct policies and procedures within multiple contexts. This study examined the policies and procedures, implementation, effectiveness, and outcomes of this school based teenage parent program through the lens of a social justice and culturally relevant theoretical framework. As a qualitative case study, this inquiry used content analysis of documents, and open and axial coding of semi-structured interviews with administrative stakeholders, to providing a holistic in-depth case study drawing on historical, demographic, narrative, and case study data. The goal was to understand and document the meaning, structure, and process of how this particular program has worked and endured, impacted its participants, and empowered pregnant and parenting students to complete high school and pursue their educational and personal goals.
OCLC Number
968786523
Recommended Citation
Washington, Selena Elizabeth, "Empowerment of the Teen Parent: Policies and Practices of an Urban School Based Teenage Parent Program" (2016). Dissertations. 53.
https://irl.umsl.edu/dissertation/53