ERIC Number: EJ879290
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Apr
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0167
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Exploring Urban Students' Constructions about School, Work, Race, and Ethnicity
Blustein, David L.; Murphy, Kerri A.; Kenny, Maureen E.; Jernigan, Maryam; Perez-Gualdron, Leyla; Castaneda, Tani; Koepke, Margaret; Land, Marie; Urbano, Alessandra; Davis, Ophera
Journal of Counseling Psychology, v57 n2 p248-254 Apr 2010
This qualitative study is an exploration of 32 urban high school students' narratives about the connection between school, work, and societal expectations of their future success related to their racial and ethnic background. The sample varied along 2 contextual dimensions: participation in a psychoeducational intervention (Tools for Tomorrow) and developmental status (i.e., half the sample were 9th-grade students and the other half were 12th-grade students). Using consensual qualitative research, the narratives revealed 3 major domains: future orientation; students' perceptions of society's expectations based on race and ethnicity; and students' perception of the role of their race and ethnicity in future success. Results reveal that the majority of students endorse a connection between school and work, believe that society holds low expectations for them based on their racial and ethnic background, and cannot predict their future success based on their background. (Contains 1 table and 2 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Ethnicity, Race, Student Attitudes, Psychoeducational Methods, Racial Factors, Attitude Measures, High School Students, Social Attitudes, Expectation, Intervention, Age Differences, Grade 9, Grade 12, Correlation, Education Work Relationship, Minority Groups, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Whites, Blacks
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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