Racial, ethnic, and cultural identity development emerged as the core need for students of color beyond academic subjects¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2025: baselines and conditions change
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? The key theme from focus groups on what students of color need beyond academics was an explicit focus on racial identity development, including knowing one's culture and code-switching. → Duchesneau 2020

Evidence¶

Duchesneau 2020¶

Duchesneau, N. (2020). Social, Emotional, and Academic Development Through an Equity Lens (#ReEnvisionSEL). The Education Trust. https://edtrust.org/resource/social-emotional-and-academic-development-through-an-equity-lens/

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Focus group participants responded with factors related to racial, ethnic, and cultural identity alongside common social-emotional skills. One Black mother said "Knowledge of self — who they are, their culture," and participants discussed needing to "code switch" to survive in a White society.

"The key theme emerging from this conversation was the need for an explicit focus on racial identity development and how it relates to all of the social, emotional, and even academic needs of students."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Race and Ethnicity — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

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