Race Tracks
Career Aspirations and Feelings of Isolation in the Mainstream Classroom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9729544 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Todd Mccardle (0000-0002-8490-0895, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 284-311 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Education and Urban Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0013124519846277 |
| OpenAlex | W2944623402 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 27 |
Situated within scholarly research on tracking, within-school racial segregation, and student career aspirations, this qualitative study examines how three Black students in the mainstream program at a magnet high school in the Southeastern United States discussed their career aspirations. Results indicate that while each participant aspired to attend college, their isolation from the social and cultural capital needed to successfully apply for colleges and their academic status within their school would serve as hindrances in gaining access to institutions that would help them accomplish their career aspirations. The data reveal a need to challenge educational policy such as tracking that has historically targeted and marginalized students of color and continues to provide unnecessary obstacles as they seek to reach their ambitions
Cultural capital · Feeling · Isolation (microbiology · Mainstream · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Race (biology · Situated · Social capital · Social isolation · Social science · Sociology · Tracking (education · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Higher Education Research Studies · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Social Psychology
The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935
Critical Ethnography
Social Constructionism
Education and Power
Cultural Theory
Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences
Race and track location in U.S. public schools
Self-Concept, Social Comparison, and Ability Grouping
The IQ
The Paradoxes of Desegregation
Keeping Track
Making Inequality
Ain't No Makin' It
School Choice and Segregation
New Directions in Measuring Racial Isolation in School
Pupil Race and Elementary School Ability Grouping
Racial Identity and Academic Attainment Among African American Adolescents
The essence of innocence
The social constructionist movement in modern psychology
Why Do Some Schools Group by Ability
The Stratification of High School Learning Opportunities
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |