Exploring Liminality in the Life of an Asian-Canadian Educator
department or school: Education, Faculty of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Wang, Min Xue Alice
issued: 2024-10-09T16:01:02Z
issued: 2024-08-31
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/89360
note: EXPLORING LIMINALITY IN THE LIFE OF AN ASIAN-CANADIAN EDUCATOR Exploring Liminality in the Life of an Asian-Canadian Educator by Min Xue (Alice) Wang A GRADUATING PAPER SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF Master of Education in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Home Economics) The University of British Columbia (Vancouver) © Min Xue Alice Wang August 31, 2024 EXPLORING LIMINALITY IN THE LIFE OF AN ASIAN-CANADIAN EDUCATOR ABSTRACT Using personal narratives, I reflect upon and analyze my liminal identity as an Asian-Canadian and the liminal identity of the Home Economics profession to improve upon my teaching and help fill the gaps in research for Asian-Canadian educator narratives. I deconstruct my liminal moments and the tension of liminality in the hyphen to better understand and make conscious choices as an educator and student, as well as contribute to ideas for better practice in Home Economics. EXPLORING LIMINALITY IN THE LIFE OF AN ASIAN-CANADIAN EDUCATOR DEDICATIONS To my parents – thank you for raising me and supporting me in all the chapters in life. I will continue your hopes and wishes for all the hardships you endured so I could have a better life. To my partner, Sam – thank you for encouraging me and being by my side every step of the way. Your help was imperative to my health and the state of the house not falling apart. EXPLORING LIMINALITY IN THE LIFE OF AN ASIAN-CANADIAN EDUCATOR TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE ...................................................................................................................... 1 My Educator Origin: Living in the Hyphen .......................................................................... 1 My Journey as an Educator .................................................................................................. 4 Parts of My Identity I Cannot Change - Appearance and Name ......................................... 5 Home Economics: A Parallel Experience ..........…
has type: Graduating Project
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0445523
language: eng
peer review status: Unreviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
is part of: University of British Columbia. EDCP 590
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type: Still Image
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/89360