Researching Race and Ethnicity in the Study of Learning and Motivation in Social and Cultural Contexts

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The racial demographics of the US are rapidly changing. It is expected that people of color will represent nearly 50% of the population by 2050 with Latinos as the largest minority group and Asians as the fastest growing minority group (US Census Bureau, 2012). Thus, a clear understanding of the roles played by race and ethnicity in educational contexts and best practices for using those constructs in research related to learning and motivation is vital. Thus the objectives for this town hall symposium are to (1) interrogate the use of the social historical constructs of race and ethnicity, and (2) discuss how those constructs can be best used in the study of learning and motivation in social and cultural contexts.

Sub Unit

• Division C - Learning and Instruction / Section 2b: Learning and Motivation in Social and Cultural Contexts

Cosponsor

• SIG-Motivation in Education

Chair

• Paul A. Schutz, The University of Texas - San Antonio

Papers

• Tabbye M. Chavous - Tabbye Maria Chavous, University of Michigan

• Jessica T. Decuir-Gunby - Jessica T. Decuir-Gunby, North Carolina State University

• Cynthia Hudley - Cynthia Hudley, University of California - Santa Barbara

• Francesca López - Francesca Lopez, The University of Arizona

• Akane Zusho - Akane Zusho, Fordham University