Classroom Identification in Ethnic Minority and Majority Students: Effects of Relationships and Ethnic Composition

Autor/inn/en	Thijs, Jochem; Keim, Abigail C.; Geerlings, Jolien
Titel	Classroom Identification in Ethnic Minority and Majority Students: Effects of Relationships and Ethnic Composition
Quelle	In: British Journal of Educational Psychology, 89 (2019) 4, S.707-725 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-0998
DOI	10.1111/bjep.12253
Schlagwörter	Minority Group Students; Ethnicity; Grade 4; Grade 5; Grade 6; Foreign Countries; Teacher Student Relationship; Conflict; Multicultural Education; Culturally Relevant Education; Peer Relationship; Friendship; Identification (Psychology); Peer Acceptance; Netherlands; Turkey; Morocco + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnizität; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Ausland; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Konflikt; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Peer-Beziehungen; Freundschaft; Niederlande; Türkei; Marokko
Abstract	Background: Many studies have shown that school belonging is crucial for students' school adjustment, but the construct has been operationalized in different ways. Moreover, most research has focused on adolescents and not compared its antecedents for ethnic minority versus majority students. Aims: Based on Goodenow and Grady's (1993) seminal paper, we examined classroom identification as a central aspect of school belonging in minority and majority preadolescents, and predicted it from relationships with peers and teachers, taking into account classroom ethnic composition and perceived multicultural teaching. Sample: Participants were 485 grade 4-6 students from 39 classrooms in Dutch primary schools. Of these children, 68 had a Turkish background, 72 had a Moroccan background, and 345 had a native Dutch background. Methods: Participants completed questionnaires at two waves (4.5 months apart). We used self-reports to measure classroom identification at both waves, and student-teacher relationship closeness and conflict, multicultural teaching, and peer friendship and rejection at Wave 1. We conducted multilevel analyses to predict classroom identification at Wave 2, while controlling for classroom identification at Wave 1. Results: Children of all ethnicities reported more classroom identification over time if they were less rejected by their peers and had more co-ethnic classmates. For minority children, both closeness and conflict with the teacher predicted less identification, but the effect of conflict appeared to result from their ethnic underrepresentation in the classroom. Conclusions: Negative peer relationships can undermine classroom identification, and the student-teacher relationship has special significance for ethnic minority students. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01