You Gotta Represent¡ Ethnic Identity Development among Hispanic Adolescents
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/15210960701443557
Abstract
Hispanic students' awareness of cultural, linguistic, and sociopolitical issues are influenced by their experiences in schools and affect their sense of identity. An examination of student discourse between bilingual gifted and bilingual general education students in an urban middle school is presented, with particular attention given to how participating bilingual students relate to each other, peers (in general and gifted education), teachers, administrators, families, and communities, and how they perceive themselves. A discussion of the core issues that emerged, including students' reawakening to their ethnic identity, differing rationales for using native language, and observed differences in self-perceptions between the gifted and general education bilingual Hispanic students is provided, along with results and implications for future research.
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Multicultural Perspectives, v. 9, issue 3, p. 12-20
Scholar Commons Citation
Alvarez McHatton, Patricia; Shaunessy, Elizabeth; Hughes, Claire; Brice, Alejandro E.; and Ratliff, Mary A., "You Gotta Represent¡ Ethnic Identity Development among Hispanic Adolescents" (2007). Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications. 144.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tal_facpub/144
