Making the Most of Adolescence: Harnessing the Search for Identity to Understand Classroom Belonging

Autor/in	Faircloth, Beverly S.
Titel	Making the Most of Adolescence: Harnessing the Search for Identity to Understand Classroom Belonging
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent Research, 24 (2009) 3, S.321-348 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-5584
DOI	10.1177/0743558409334248
Schlagwörter	Student Adjustment; Adolescents; Grade 9; English Instruction; Assignments; Ethnicity; Student Diversity; Student School Relationship; Qualitative Research; Student Attitudes; Course Content; Learner Engagement; Cultural Background; High School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Assignment; Auftrag; Zuweisung; Ethnizität; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Qualitative Forschung; Schülerverhalten; Kursprogramm; High school; High schools; Oberschule
Abstract	This qualitative study investigated the relationship between adolescents' sense of school belonging and opportunities to integrate aspects of their identity with their 9th-grade English assignments. The study provided evidence of a positive relationship between these two experiences for an ethnically diverse group of students. Moreover, issues of identity (connections made with issues that were important to the self, connections with their background, and the ability to make themselves known) contributed significantly to belonging. Students' sense of connection and engagement in their classroom was supported while they participated in activities designed to encourage curricular connections with their identity and culture. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10