Essay - Self Expression of Identity Literature Review Don't See the Point...

Self Expression of Identity

Literature Review don't see the point in spending my time with people who are not going to be able to relate ***** me and I'm not going to be able to relate to them. We are from different worlds, so I think I've had enough of that in my life [...] I don't want to feel as if I have to pretend to be someone I'm *****," (Bourdieu, 1997: 471). The concept of be*****g different within the context of a classroom is an enormous fear for many students, such as those who ***** deaf or gay ***** lesbian. However, this fear goes much deeper than simple surface differences of hearing and sexuality—it hinders the true development of individual identity. However, several theories have attempted to isolate these specific hindrances and underst***** the complexities of developing an identity in the shadow of normal classroom existence.

The concept of identity is a slippery term, which refers to the underst*****d*****g of oneself *****nd one's situation within the external world. According to Stuart Hall in his 1996 work, the idea of identity if an ongoing process dealing with both "becoming" as well as "being;" it reflects both what ***** ***** is slowly morphing in*****, as ***** as ***** that ********** already identifies him or herself with, (*****, 1996: 237). Not only are the common conceptions of ***** one already believe *****self to be heavily influential in the creation of each individual identity, but so ***** the dreams and aspirations one holds for a future self just as defining in *****s of identity creation. This continues in***** the ***** of identity as being formed from both whom or what *****me***** ********** to be, as well as who or ***** an individual does not want to be, or a ***** role in which an ***** "dis-identifies" his ***** herself, (Skeggs, 1997: 123). This concept is also highly important ***** the formation of individual identity, for it gives a person ***** clear lim*****ation of what *****y wish their identity to be.

There are several educational ***** which coincide with the formation of ***** individual's identity within the ***** of a classroom. Social Justice Education theories posit the ***** that education should reflect ***** changes of the social movement which have li*****rated thousands of Americans within the past century. Students all face difficulties ***** a ***** setting based on their individual differences which may make living within a cl*****ssroom environment harder, for example a student ***** either de*****f or Homosexual. There are several facets of ***** conception of ***** **********, "it is viewed as simultaneously concerning the distribution ***** goods and resources on the one hand and ***** valorization of a range ***** social collectives and cultural identities on the o*****r," (Cribb & Gerwitz, 2003: 15). This reflects a ***** equal treatment ***** fostering of a v*****riety of different identities within the society at larger, whe*****r those identities be racial, *****, or of a physic*****l handicapped n*****ure. In many cases education programs fail at