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Article: The Cultural Identity of Students: What Teachers Should Know
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- Kappa Delta Pi Record
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
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Every student conies to the classroom with a set of behaviors and characteristics that makes him or her unique and that will affect his or her academic achievement. Banks and Banks (2005, 13) noted, "Behavior is shaped by group norms ... the group equips individuals with the behavior patterns they need in order to adapt." Furthermore, students identify with certain groups to experience a feeling of belonging. Campbell (2004) stated that students of all ages have a strong need to belong to groups, because groups provide a source of motivation.
Students may identity with certain groups because of race, social class, or religion. These categories are some of the social constructions of ...