The Role of Racial Identity and School Racial Climate on Black Students’ Motivation

• In Event: Research in Progress Roundtable Session 2
  In Invited Roundtable: Race, Identity, and Culture in Education (Table 3)

Abstract

Researchers have been interested in the variables contributing to black students’ motivation, but current literature hasn’t examined the social context or how students’ identity may impact it. This study is a secondary data analysis from the Urban Identity Project that aims to examine the role racial identity and teacher support has on black middle school students’ motivation. I hypothesize that racial identity will positively correlate to and predict students’ motivation. In addition, I hypothesize that teacher support will moderate relationship between racial identity and students’ motivation.

Author

• Jacoby Luster, University of Michigan