Disciplines
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Educational Leadership | International and Comparative Education
Abstract
This comparative case study’s purpose is to explore how multi-age learn-
ers, both adults and children, from immigrant backgrounds experienced
care in two educational settings in the United States and Ireland. Using
data from two separate qualitative studies, this paper draws on the
authors’ conceptualization of interdependent empowered care (IEC) to
argue that the settings exemplified three separate, but interrelated, care
elements: 1) identity-affirming counterspaces; 2) interdependency and
reciprocity; and 3) a means to achieve greater empowerment and agency.
This cross-national study illuminates the role of care in educational set-
tings to understand how it helps multi-age learners from immigrant
backgrounds create nurturing communities, and it explores implications
for educators.
Recommended Citation
Gil, Elizabeth, "A Comparative Case Study of Learners Experiencing Interdependent Empowered Care in Marginalizing Contexts" (2025). GSE Faculty Publications. 12.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/gse_facultypubs/12
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