PO140: Perceived Sense of School Connectedness: The Mixed-Race Student Experience

  • PMD: 6,8
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Introduction
  • Poster Session 1: Promoting Diversity and Multicultural Competence in School Psychology

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. analyze the differences and similarities between mixed-race and White students’ perception of school connectedness;
  2. describe the overall experience of mixed-race high school students and their sense of school connectedness to their peers, school staff, and curricular practices; and
  3. apply Kohut’s Theory of Self Psychology to the understanding of mixed-race student experiences related to school connectedness.

Description

Exploring the mixed-race student experience regarding school connectedness is essential to understand the experiential reality of a historically marginalized racial group in a predominantly White high school environment.

Presenter(s)

Andrea R. O´Bryon, University of Wisconsin La Crosse
Jocelyn H. Newton, University of Wisconsin La Crosse

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