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Books by sherry marx
This book examines and confronts the passive and often unconscious racism of white teacher educat... more This book examines and confronts the passive and often unconscious racism of white teacher education students, offering a critical tool in the effort to make education more equitable. Sherry Marx provides a consciousness-raising account of how white teachers must come to recognize their own positions of privilege and work actively to create anti-racist teaching techniques and learning environments for children of color and children learning English as a second language.
Qualitative Research in STEM Education examines the ground-breaking potential of qualitative rese... more Qualitative Research in STEM Education examines the ground-breaking potential of qualitative research methods to address issues of social justice, equity, and sustainability in STEM. A collection of empirical studies conducted by prominent STEM researchers, this book examines the experiences and challenges faced by traditionally marginalized groups in STEM, most notably minority students and women. Investigations ito these issues, as well as the high dropout rate among engineering students and issues of academic integrity in STEM, come with detailed explanations of the study methodologies used in each case. Contributors also provide personal narratives that share their perspectives on the benefits of qualitative research methodologies for the topics explored. Through a variety of qualitative methodologies, including participatory action research, indigenous research, and critical ethnography, this volume aims to reveal and remedy the inequalities within STEM education today.
What makes a person pack up and move to another country? What does she or he hope to gain from th... more What makes a person pack up and move to another country? What does she or he hope to gain from the experience? How do children fit into the picture? Our International Education presents the stories of three American women, a university professor, a high school math teacher, and a high school English as a second language teacher, who move to Hungary for a year to teach. Each woman brings her young children and enrolls them in local Hungarian public schools though none of them speak Hungarian at the beginning of the experience.
The autoethnographic stories that make up Our International Education weave together the personal and professional dimensions of life abroad, illuminating not only the realities of negotiating work, school, and family life in another country, but also the complexities of cultural adjustment and second language acquisition. First-person storytelling makes this book a compelling read for those considering a move abroad with their family, and an excellent supplemental narrative for those studying second language acquisition, acculturation, autoethnography, and international education.
Papers by sherry marx
Educational Technology Research and Development, 2021
This qualitative study explored the design and implementation of a humanoid social robot that med... more This qualitative study explored the design and implementation of a humanoid social robot that mediated collaborative interactions among culturally and linguistically diverse kindergarten children in a US school. The robotic mediation was designed to help children have positive interactions with one another. The study was grounded in theories of childhood development, intercultural communication, and culturally responsive pedagogy. Design research and ethnographic qualitative research methods were used to design, test, and improve the robot’s mediation skills over a ten-week period of active use in a real-world classroom setting. Findings describe the challenges we faced in designing robot-mediated interaction activities as well as the solutions we implemented through repeated ethnographic observations, summarized as (1) anticipating children’s communication styles with flexible design, (2) inviting children to participate with personalized, friend-like communication, (3) enhancing e...
International Review of Qualitative Research, 2018
In this article, the author shares a confessional tale of her experience reshaping a qualitative ... more In this article, the author shares a confessional tale of her experience reshaping a qualitative research methodology class taught in a Big Tent environment to be more meaningful to the diverse students in the class, who represented numerous academic disciplines. She first describes the epistemological and methodological orientation of the original class, Take I, along with its strengths and limitations. She then reflects on an Intermission that reshaped her understanding of teaching during a sabbatical when she became a student for the first time in many years. Next, she discusses the changes she made to the class, Take II, which builds on culturally relevant pedagogy, aims to represent various student disciplines in the curricula, and takes into consideration the scaffolding necessary to teach novice learners. These changes seemed to improve the class for both students and instructor.
International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2019
In this Introduction to the IJME Special Issue on Technology for Equity and Social Justice in Ed... more In this Introduction to the IJME Special Issue on Technology for Equity and Social Justice in Education, Sherry Marx and Yanghee Kim highlight key trends in technology education research that address issues of equity and multicultural education. Seven articles are introduced.
European Journal of Engineering Education, 2018
While textbooks serve as a primary source of content material and problem-solving practice for un... more While textbooks serve as a primary source of content material and problem-solving practice for undergraduates in engineering, studies that investigate how engineering students prepare assignments based on textbook problems are limited. To examine how engineering students complete textbook-based assignments outside of class, this exploratory qualitative study retrospectively investigated the study behaviours of six undergraduates enrolled in a required, second-year undergraduate engineering course at a mid-size, public university in the western United States. Within the course, students solved textbook problems and electronically submitted problem answers for graded credit. Findings from in-depth, semi-structured interviews showed that students identified and used a variety of non-traditional and unsupported resources in personalised approaches to preparing assignments. Resource choice and use was affected by students' preferences for timely support, convenience, and social connections. The online submission process seemed to influence students' adoption of study behaviours and resources considered less effective for deep, conceptual learning.
International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2017
In this autoethnographic tale, I tell the story of my own family’s experience with race, class, a... more In this autoethnographic tale, I tell the story of my own family’s experience with race, class, and language privilege. In particular, I focus on my children’s experience with elementary schooling in the United States and Hungary. Their intercultural education experience vividly illuminates the socially and culturally constructed nature of race, class, and language privilege and the many ways these privileges are manifest in schooling.
International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2017
In this introduction to the special issue of IJME, we highlight critical autoethnography’s potent... more In this introduction to the special issue of IJME, we highlight critical autoethnography’s potential for connecting the deeply personal experiences of race, gender, culture, language, sexuality, and other aspects of marginalization and privilege to the broader context of education in society. We discuss critical autoethnography as an interdisciplinary, blurred genre that transforms to fit the academic backgrounds, interests, and critical orientations of its authors. All contributors to this special issue situate their take on the genre in relevant literature and provide sociocultural critique in explicit and implicit ways.
... Title: Entanglements of Altruism, Whiteness, and Deficit Thinking: Preservice Teachers Workin... more ... Title: Entanglements of Altruism, Whiteness, and Deficit Thinking: Preservice Teachers Working with English Language Learners of Color. ... Title: Entanglements of Altruism, Whiteness, and Deficit Thinking: Preservice Teachers Working with English Language Learners of Color. ...
International Journal of Research & Method in Education
Handbook of Research in Educational Communications and Technology, 2020
This chapter discusses current issues in second language learning and also how state-of-the-art t... more This chapter discusses current issues in second language learning and also how state-of-the-art technologies are being used to assist second language learners. Five key pedagogical approaches that facilitate second language learning are presented, along with technologies used for second language learners that exemplify aspects of these approaches. Strengths of these technologies and their limitations are discussed. The chapter concludes with some recommendations for designing and implementing sustainable technologies for second language learning.
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings
(USU) and a registered professional mechanical engineer. Her research examines issues of access, ... more (USU) and a registered professional mechanical engineer. Her research examines issues of access, diversity, and inclusivity in engineering education. In particular, she is interested in engineering identity, problem-solving, and the intersections of online learning and alternative pathways for adult, nontraditional, and veteran undergraduates in engineering.
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 2003
Handbook of Research in Educational Communications and Technology, 2020
This chapter discusses current issues in second language learning and also how state-of-the-art t... more This chapter discusses current issues in second language learning and also how state-of-the-art technologies are being used to assist second language learners. Five key pedagogical approaches that facilitate second language learning are presented, along with technologies used for second language learners that exemplify aspects of these approaches. Strengths of these technologies and their limitations are discussed. The chapter concludes with some recommendations for designing and implementing sustainable technologies for second language learning.
In this autoethnographic tale, I tell the story of my own family's experience with race, class, a... more In this autoethnographic tale, I tell the story of my own family's experience with race, class, and language privilege. In particular, I focus on my children's experience with elementary schooling in the United States and Hungary. Their intercultural education experience vividly illuminates the socially and culturally constructed nature of race, class, and language privilege and the many ways these privileges are manifest in schooling.
In this introduction to the special issue of IJME, we highlight critical autoethnography's potent... more In this introduction to the special issue of IJME, we highlight critical autoethnography's potential for connecting the deeply personal experiences of race, gender, culture, language, sexuality, and other aspects of marginalization and privilege to the broader context of education in society. We discuss critical autoethnography as an interdisciplinary, blurred genre that transforms to fit the academic backgrounds, interests, and critical orientations of its authors. All contributors to this special issue situate their take on the genre in relevant literature and provide sociocultural critique in explicit and implicit ways. Autoethnography is a qualitative social science research methodology. In this special issue of the International Journal of Multicultural Education (IJME), we present articles that have engaged this research method as an investigative tool to explore the topics of educational equity and educational inequity from a critical perspective. Before we introduce each article with more details, we present a brief discussion of this research methodology and argue that critical autoethnography is a fitting research method that allows autoethnography researchers to use their personal experiences and sympathetic eyes to analyze and critique injustice pertaining to educational contexts.
Global Studies of Childhood, 2016
Situating the body as a lens of analysis, this article examines how linguistic and ethnic minorit... more Situating the body as a lens of analysis, this article examines how linguistic and ethnic minority children are exposed to discourses of control. In this reflective essay, we share our theorized memories of working with schools and examine how educators, including ourselves, become discursive subjects. Furthermore, we become invested in enacting discourses of control toward linguistic and ethnic minority children through the programs, educational reform mandates, and pedagogies we perform. Find here: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2043610615627929
This book examines and confronts the passive and often unconscious racism of white teacher educat... more This book examines and confronts the passive and often unconscious racism of white teacher education students, offering a critical tool in the effort to make education more equitable. Sherry Marx provides a consciousness-raising account of how white teachers must come to recognize their own positions of privilege and work actively to create anti-racist teaching techniques and learning environments for children of color and children learning English as a second language.
Qualitative Research in STEM Education examines the ground-breaking potential of qualitative rese... more Qualitative Research in STEM Education examines the ground-breaking potential of qualitative research methods to address issues of social justice, equity, and sustainability in STEM. A collection of empirical studies conducted by prominent STEM researchers, this book examines the experiences and challenges faced by traditionally marginalized groups in STEM, most notably minority students and women. Investigations ito these issues, as well as the high dropout rate among engineering students and issues of academic integrity in STEM, come with detailed explanations of the study methodologies used in each case. Contributors also provide personal narratives that share their perspectives on the benefits of qualitative research methodologies for the topics explored. Through a variety of qualitative methodologies, including participatory action research, indigenous research, and critical ethnography, this volume aims to reveal and remedy the inequalities within STEM education today.
What makes a person pack up and move to another country? What does she or he hope to gain from th... more What makes a person pack up and move to another country? What does she or he hope to gain from the experience? How do children fit into the picture? Our International Education presents the stories of three American women, a university professor, a high school math teacher, and a high school English as a second language teacher, who move to Hungary for a year to teach. Each woman brings her young children and enrolls them in local Hungarian public schools though none of them speak Hungarian at the beginning of the experience.
The autoethnographic stories that make up Our International Education weave together the personal and professional dimensions of life abroad, illuminating not only the realities of negotiating work, school, and family life in another country, but also the complexities of cultural adjustment and second language acquisition. First-person storytelling makes this book a compelling read for those considering a move abroad with their family, and an excellent supplemental narrative for those studying second language acquisition, acculturation, autoethnography, and international education.
Educational Technology Research and Development, 2021
This qualitative study explored the design and implementation of a humanoid social robot that med... more This qualitative study explored the design and implementation of a humanoid social robot that mediated collaborative interactions among culturally and linguistically diverse kindergarten children in a US school. The robotic mediation was designed to help children have positive interactions with one another. The study was grounded in theories of childhood development, intercultural communication, and culturally responsive pedagogy. Design research and ethnographic qualitative research methods were used to design, test, and improve the robot’s mediation skills over a ten-week period of active use in a real-world classroom setting. Findings describe the challenges we faced in designing robot-mediated interaction activities as well as the solutions we implemented through repeated ethnographic observations, summarized as (1) anticipating children’s communication styles with flexible design, (2) inviting children to participate with personalized, friend-like communication, (3) enhancing e...
International Review of Qualitative Research, 2018
In this article, the author shares a confessional tale of her experience reshaping a qualitative ... more In this article, the author shares a confessional tale of her experience reshaping a qualitative research methodology class taught in a Big Tent environment to be more meaningful to the diverse students in the class, who represented numerous academic disciplines. She first describes the epistemological and methodological orientation of the original class, Take I, along with its strengths and limitations. She then reflects on an Intermission that reshaped her understanding of teaching during a sabbatical when she became a student for the first time in many years. Next, she discusses the changes she made to the class, Take II, which builds on culturally relevant pedagogy, aims to represent various student disciplines in the curricula, and takes into consideration the scaffolding necessary to teach novice learners. These changes seemed to improve the class for both students and instructor.
International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2019
In this Introduction to the IJME Special Issue on Technology for Equity and Social Justice in Ed... more In this Introduction to the IJME Special Issue on Technology for Equity and Social Justice in Education, Sherry Marx and Yanghee Kim highlight key trends in technology education research that address issues of equity and multicultural education. Seven articles are introduced.
European Journal of Engineering Education, 2018
While textbooks serve as a primary source of content material and problem-solving practice for un... more While textbooks serve as a primary source of content material and problem-solving practice for undergraduates in engineering, studies that investigate how engineering students prepare assignments based on textbook problems are limited. To examine how engineering students complete textbook-based assignments outside of class, this exploratory qualitative study retrospectively investigated the study behaviours of six undergraduates enrolled in a required, second-year undergraduate engineering course at a mid-size, public university in the western United States. Within the course, students solved textbook problems and electronically submitted problem answers for graded credit. Findings from in-depth, semi-structured interviews showed that students identified and used a variety of non-traditional and unsupported resources in personalised approaches to preparing assignments. Resource choice and use was affected by students' preferences for timely support, convenience, and social connections. The online submission process seemed to influence students' adoption of study behaviours and resources considered less effective for deep, conceptual learning.
International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2017
In this autoethnographic tale, I tell the story of my own family’s experience with race, class, a... more In this autoethnographic tale, I tell the story of my own family’s experience with race, class, and language privilege. In particular, I focus on my children’s experience with elementary schooling in the United States and Hungary. Their intercultural education experience vividly illuminates the socially and culturally constructed nature of race, class, and language privilege and the many ways these privileges are manifest in schooling.
International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2017
In this introduction to the special issue of IJME, we highlight critical autoethnography’s potent... more In this introduction to the special issue of IJME, we highlight critical autoethnography’s potential for connecting the deeply personal experiences of race, gender, culture, language, sexuality, and other aspects of marginalization and privilege to the broader context of education in society. We discuss critical autoethnography as an interdisciplinary, blurred genre that transforms to fit the academic backgrounds, interests, and critical orientations of its authors. All contributors to this special issue situate their take on the genre in relevant literature and provide sociocultural critique in explicit and implicit ways.
... Title: Entanglements of Altruism, Whiteness, and Deficit Thinking: Preservice Teachers Workin... more ... Title: Entanglements of Altruism, Whiteness, and Deficit Thinking: Preservice Teachers Working with English Language Learners of Color. ... Title: Entanglements of Altruism, Whiteness, and Deficit Thinking: Preservice Teachers Working with English Language Learners of Color. ...
International Journal of Research & Method in Education
Handbook of Research in Educational Communications and Technology, 2020
This chapter discusses current issues in second language learning and also how state-of-the-art t... more This chapter discusses current issues in second language learning and also how state-of-the-art technologies are being used to assist second language learners. Five key pedagogical approaches that facilitate second language learning are presented, along with technologies used for second language learners that exemplify aspects of these approaches. Strengths of these technologies and their limitations are discussed. The chapter concludes with some recommendations for designing and implementing sustainable technologies for second language learning.
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings
(USU) and a registered professional mechanical engineer. Her research examines issues of access, ... more (USU) and a registered professional mechanical engineer. Her research examines issues of access, diversity, and inclusivity in engineering education. In particular, she is interested in engineering identity, problem-solving, and the intersections of online learning and alternative pathways for adult, nontraditional, and veteran undergraduates in engineering.
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 2003
Handbook of Research in Educational Communications and Technology, 2020
This chapter discusses current issues in second language learning and also how state-of-the-art t... more This chapter discusses current issues in second language learning and also how state-of-the-art technologies are being used to assist second language learners. Five key pedagogical approaches that facilitate second language learning are presented, along with technologies used for second language learners that exemplify aspects of these approaches. Strengths of these technologies and their limitations are discussed. The chapter concludes with some recommendations for designing and implementing sustainable technologies for second language learning.
In this autoethnographic tale, I tell the story of my own family's experience with race, class, a... more In this autoethnographic tale, I tell the story of my own family's experience with race, class, and language privilege. In particular, I focus on my children's experience with elementary schooling in the United States and Hungary. Their intercultural education experience vividly illuminates the socially and culturally constructed nature of race, class, and language privilege and the many ways these privileges are manifest in schooling.
In this introduction to the special issue of IJME, we highlight critical autoethnography's potent... more In this introduction to the special issue of IJME, we highlight critical autoethnography's potential for connecting the deeply personal experiences of race, gender, culture, language, sexuality, and other aspects of marginalization and privilege to the broader context of education in society. We discuss critical autoethnography as an interdisciplinary, blurred genre that transforms to fit the academic backgrounds, interests, and critical orientations of its authors. All contributors to this special issue situate their take on the genre in relevant literature and provide sociocultural critique in explicit and implicit ways. Autoethnography is a qualitative social science research methodology. In this special issue of the International Journal of Multicultural Education (IJME), we present articles that have engaged this research method as an investigative tool to explore the topics of educational equity and educational inequity from a critical perspective. Before we introduce each article with more details, we present a brief discussion of this research methodology and argue that critical autoethnography is a fitting research method that allows autoethnography researchers to use their personal experiences and sympathetic eyes to analyze and critique injustice pertaining to educational contexts.
Global Studies of Childhood, 2016
Situating the body as a lens of analysis, this article examines how linguistic and ethnic minorit... more Situating the body as a lens of analysis, this article examines how linguistic and ethnic minority children are exposed to discourses of control. In this reflective essay, we share our theorized memories of working with schools and examine how educators, including ourselves, become discursive subjects. Furthermore, we become invested in enacting discourses of control toward linguistic and ethnic minority children through the programs, educational reform mandates, and pedagogies we perform. Find here: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2043610615627929
Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal, 2011
Purpose – Specifically focusing on one antecedent (information seeker's characteristics) for ... more Purpose – Specifically focusing on one antecedent (information seeker's characteristics) for electronic word-of-mouth adoption and credibility assessments, the purpose of this paper is to attempt to shed light on consumer motivations for making and taking online recommendations, and how technically savvy consumers assess credibility online. Design/methodology/approach – To investigate the role and influence of word-of-mouth (WOM) amongst technically savvy online