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School Settings as a Mechanism of Change in Establishing High-Risk Adolescents’ Academic Identities

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11670949
AutoresElizabeth Levine Brown (0000-0003-3289-6609, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA, autor de correspondencia), M Allison Kanny (University of California-Los Angeles, CA, USA), Blake E Johnson (0000-0002-3636-897X, George Mason University), Blake Johnson (0000-0003-0272-7484, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA)
Año2013
Volumen34
Número2
Páginas178-205
Fecha de publicación2013-03-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431613480271
OpenAlexW2037451496
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas36

A growing body of research considers the role of school settings in supporting adolescents’ social-emotional and behavioral development through instructional, social, and organizational practices (Eccles & Roeser, 2009). Recent lines of inquiry have begun to investigate individual aspects of the school setting and their influence in promoting positive academic outcomes and youth development (Shinn & Yoshikawa, 2008). These authors argue that, through an ecological lens, the school environment serves as a mechanism of change in supporting early adolescents’ academic identities. By presenting evidence that the school plays a fundamental role in changing these high-risk, African American youths’ academic perceptions, trajectories and aspirations, which led further to a 92% rate of students’ matriculation to college, we introduce how school setting characteristics support these youths’ conceptualizations of their academic identities. Moreover, this article addresses how our understanding of early adolescents’ academic identities implicates future research and practice

Developmental psychology · Mathematics education · Matriculation · Mechanism (biology · Pedagogy · Perception · Positive Youth Development · Sociology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support