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Access Type
WSU Access
Date of Award
January 2011
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ed.D.
Department
Curriculum and Instruction
First Advisor
Jazlin Ebenzer
Abstract
This qualitative study was designed to identify how racial and cultural identity is developed and maintained in foster children who are placed in foster homes racially and culturally different than they are. The research questions included how the foster care system addresses racial identity issues and how foster parents assign meaning to the transracial foster care experience. Another area of interest was the preparation by the foster care system for foster parents to manage issues of racial identity. The pre-training curriculum for foster parents was subjected to a content analysis.
Recommended Citation
Brooks Herd, Vanessa, "Racial/cultural identity development in foster children placed in transracial foster homes" (2011). Wayne State University Dissertations. Paper 231.
http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/231