Promoting Identity Development, Multicultural Attitudes, and Civic Engagement Through Ethnic Studies: Evidence From a Natural Experiment

This study used a natural experiment design to examine the impact of ethnic studies courses on students' ethnic‐racial identity (ERI) development, multicultural attitudes, and civic engagement during the 2021–2022 school year in Minneapolis, MN (N = 535; 33.5% White, 29.5% Black, 21.1% Latine,...

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Published in:Child development 2025-05, Vol.96 (3), p.966-979
Main Authors: Gillespie, Sarah, Morency, Mirinda M., Fajemirokun, Elizabeth, Ferguson, Gail M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Attitude - ethnology
Attitudes
Child
Citizen participation
Cultural Diversity
Cultural Pluralism
Empirical
Ethnic groups
Ethnic identity
Ethnic studies
Ethnicity
Ethnicity - education
ethnic‐racial identity
Exploration
Female
global competence
Humans
Identity formation
Learner Engagement
Male
Minnesota - ethnology
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Racial Identification
Racial identity
Secondary school students
Social Identification
Student attitudes
Students
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