What Does it Mean to Be African American? Constructions of Race and Academic Identity in an Urban Public High School

Autor/inn/en	Nasir, Na'ilah Suad; McLaughlin, Milbrey W.; Jones, Amina
Titel	What Does it Mean to Be African American? Constructions of Race and Academic Identity in an Urban Public High School
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 46 (2009) 1, S.73-114 (42 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/0002831208323279
Schlagwörter	African American Students; Race; Racial Identification; Racial Factors; Urban Schools; High School Students; Academic Achievement; Student Participation; Context Effect; Educational Environment; Grade 10; Grade 11; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Rasse; Abstammung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Schulleistung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Kalifornien
Abstract	In this article, the authors explore variation in the meanings of racial identity for African American students in a predominantly African American urban high school. They view racial identity as both related to membership in a racial group and as fluid and reconstructed in the local school setting. They draw on both survey data and observational data to examine the nature of racial identity meanings for African American students, their relation to academic engagement and achievement, and how they were fostered by the school context. Findings show that students embraced (and were offered differential access to) different meanings of African American racial identity and that these meanings were differentially related to achievement and engagement. (Contains 1 figure, 1 table and 8 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10