Igniting the Fire Within Marginalized Youth: The Role of Critical Civic Inquiry in Fostering Ethnic Identity and Civic Self-Efficacy

《Igniting the Fire Within Marginalized Youth: The Role of Critical Civic Inquiry in Fostering Ethnic Identity and Civic Self-Efficacy》

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关键字: psychological empowerment; ethnic identity; civic self-efficacy; PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; ISSUES; SCHOOL; POWER

作者单位: [Hipolito-Delgado, Carlos P.] Univ Colorado, Sch Educ & Human Dev, Counseling Program, Denver, CO 80202 USA. [Zion, Shelley] Univ Colorado, Ctr Adv Practice Educ & Res, Denver, CO 80202 USA. [Zion, Shelley] Univ Colorado, Sch Educ, Denver, CO 80202 USA. Hipolito-Delgado, CP (reprint author), Univ Colorado, Counseling Program, 1380 Lawrence St,POB 173364,Campus Box 106, Denver, CO 80217 USA. E-Mail: carlos.hipolito@ucdenver.edu

摘要: Critical Civic Inquiry (CCI) is a transformative student voice initiative that engages students in critical conversations about educational equity and inquiry-based learning to increase student voice and promote civic action. A quasi-experimental study was conducted to assess if participation in CCI increased the psychological empowerment (as measured through ethnic identity and civic self-efficacy) of high school students. Students who participated in CCI pedagogy reported increases in ethnic identity and civic self-efficacy. These findings indicate the importance of supportive adult relationships, inquiry-based learning, and critical conversations about social and educational inequities in promoting the psychological empowerment of marginalized students.