The Power of Anticipatory Images in Student Achievement

Acknowledgments
Praise for The Power of Anticipatory Images in Student Achievement
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
	Defining Anticipatory Images
	Applying a Qualitative Research Design
	Acknowledging Research Limitations
	Creating a Safe, Welcoming Interview Environment
	Selecting Students Who Beat-the-Odds
	Introducing the Students
		Sofia
		Alexis
		Caleb
		Alejandro
		Alanza
		Valeria
		Mateo
		Diego
		Ama
	Using a Positive Deviance Perspective for My Research
	Focusing on Anticipatory Images to Address These Questions
	Learning from the Students in This Study
	References
2 Positive Self-Concept Images Within a Mutually Reinforcing Framework of Images
	Positive Self-Concept Images
	Seeing Themselves as Students Who Turn Negatives into Positives
	Descriptions of Their Positive Self-Concept Images
	The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Effect of Positive Self-Concept Images
	References
3 Anticipatory Career Images
	The Morphing Effect of Career Images
	Anticipatory Images and Academic Drive and Intensity
	How the Students Framed Career Images
	References
4 Images of a Better, Financially Secure Life
	Parental Emphasis of New, Better, and Different Life for Their Children
	Influenced by the Lived Experience of Poverty
	Images Influenced by the Experience of Living in Dangerous Neighborhoods
	Images of Living Independent Lives
	Avoiding the Image of a Negative Future
	References
5 The Image of Education and College as the Pathway to a Better Life
	The Role of Parents in “Pushing” the Value of Education
	Once Again, the Role of Avoiding the Possibility of a Negative Future
	An Interesting Twist in the Avoidance of Negative Images of the Future
	The Role of Teachers in Fostering the Education and College Pathway Image in Students
	The Role of College Readiness Organizations in Image Formation
	Embracing and Accepting the Education—College Pathway Image
	References
6 Bringing Anticipatory Images to Reality
	A Predisposition to Planning and the Setting Implementation Intentions or Goals
	Using If/Then Evaluation in Making Decisions
	Anticipating and Planning Their Way Around Obstacles
	Making Decisions in Present Guided by Anticipatory Images
	Prolific Networking Driven by Anticipatory Images
	Adopting a Help-Seeking Mentality
	Pursuing Practical Experiences Inspired by Anticipatory Images
	Putting Schoolwork First
	Social Construction in Action: a Network of Supportive Relationships
	The Significant Role of the Persons Identified as Most Influential
	References
7 The Anticipatory Competent Student
	The Anticipatory Competent Student
	Implications of Findings
	Recommendations
	Limitations of Research
	Future Research
	Concluding Thoughts
	References
Appendix A: Methods
Research Design
Researcher’s Role
Setting
Study Participants
Recruitment of Study Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Neighborhood of Residence
Informed Consent Procedure
Processes
Ethical Considerations
Data Collection Strategies
Data Analysis Procedures
Verification
Limitation of Research
Reporting Findings
References
Appendix B: Interview Questions for Student Participants
Appendix C: Interview Questions for Most Influential Other Participants
Appendix D: The Anticipatory Principle and Its Relationship to Appreciative Inquiry and the Theory of Pragmatic Prospection
References
References
Index