This innovative volume integrates social identity theory with research on teaching and education to shed new and fruitful light on a variety of different pedagogical concerns and practices. It brings together researchers at the cutting edge of new developments with a wealth of teaching and research experience.
The work in this volume will have a significant impact in two main ways. First and foremost, the social identity approach that is applied will provide the theoretical and empirical platform for the development of new and creative forms of practice in educational settings. Just as the application of this theory has made significant contributions in organisational and health settings, a similar benefit will accrue for conceptual and practical developments related to learners and educators - from small learning groups to larger institutional settings - and in the development of professional identities that reach beyond the classroom. The chapters demonstrate the potential of applying social identity theory to education and will stimulate increased research activity and interest in this domain. By focusing on self, social identity and education, this volume investigates with unprecedented clarity the social and psychological processes by which learners' personal and social self-concepts shape and enhance learning and teaching.
Self and Social Identity in Educational Contexts will appeal to advanced students and researchers in education, psychology and social identity theory. It will also be of immense value to educational leaders and practitioners, particularly at tertiary level.
Contributors
PART I: Introducing social identity in educational contexts
Introducing self and social identityin educational contexts: promoting learning, managing conflict, facilitating change (Michael J. Platow, Kenneth I. Mavor and Boris Bizumic)
The social identity approach to education and learning: Identification, ideation, interaction, influence and ideology (S. Alexander Haslam)
PART II: Social identity in the classroom and playground
School climate, social identity processes and school outcomes: making the case for a group-level approach to understanding schools (Katherine J. Reynolds, Emina Subasic, Eunro Lee and Dave Bromhead)
Bullying and belonging: social identity on the playground (Siān E. Jones, Andrew G. Livingstone and Antony S. R. Manstead)
PART III: Social identities between the classroom and beyond
Why so few? The role of social identity and situational cues in understanding the underrepresentation of women in STEM fields (Kathryn L. Boucher and Mary C. Murphy)
The educational experience of students from low socio-economic status background (Jolanda Jetten, Aarti Iyer and Airong Zhang)
Indigenous education in Australia: a battle of identities (Diana M. Grace and Michael J. Platow)
Education and social participation: civic identity and civic action in formal and informal education contexts (Emma F. Thomas, Craig McGarty, Avelie Stuart, Girish Lala and Anne Pedersen)
PART IV: Becoming and influencing: the role of social identity in student life
University students' social identity and health behaviours (Joanne R. Smith, Winnifred R. Louis and Mark Tarrant)
The role of psychological need satisfaction in promoting student identification (Katharine Greenaway, Catherine E. Amiot, Winnifred R. Louis and Sarah V. Bentley)
Uncertainty in transition: the influence of group cohesion on learning (Tegan Cruwys, Amber M. Gaffney and Yvonne Skipper)
PART V: Approaches to learning and academic performance
The role of students' social identities in fostering high-quality learning in higher education (Ana-Maria Bliuc, Peter Goodyear and Robert A. Ellis)
Understanding social identity in education: the modifying role for perceived norms (Lillian Smyth, Kenneth I. Mavor, Michael J. Platow and Diana M. Grace)
Performance in small student groups: group personality, identity and norms (Conal Monaghan and Boris Bizumic)
Student identity and the marketization of higher education (Stefanie J. Sonnenberg)
PART VI: Insights and applications from medical education
Stereotyping and the development of clinicians' professional identities (Bryan Burford and Harriet E. S. Rosenthal-Stott)
Hero, voyeur, judge: understanding medical students' moral identities through professionalism dilemma narratives (Lynn V. Monrouxe and Charlotte E. Rees)
The complexity of medical education: social identity and normative influence in well-being and approaches to learning (Kathleen G. McNeill, Lillian Smyth and Kenneth I. Mavor)
PART VII: Making connections
The social construction of teachers' identities: finding connections in social identity and post-structuralist perspectives (Emma Rich, Kenneth I. Mavor and Louisa Webb)
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