Abstract
This article presents the concept of identity education (IdEd) referring to the purposeful involvement of educators with students' identity-related processes or contents.We discuss why educators may consider identity important to the realization of educational goals and choose to target aspects of students' identity in their pedagogical practice.We offer a broad theoretical framework that organizes and focuses the extensive yet scattered discourse on identity and education. Because IdEd is a concept that accommodates diverse educational perspectives and concerns, we outline several parameters that can assist educators in making sense of this diversity and provide a conceptual basis for pedagogical and curricular decision making. These parameters also provide researchers from different scholarly traditions a common framework for constructive dialogue and can serve as a basis for generating focused and productive research directions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 222-238 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Educational Psychologist |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2011 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Elli Schachter’s work on this study was supported by a grant from the Israeli Science Foundation (#818/07). Yisrael Rich’s work was supported by a grant from the Chief Scientist’s Office and the Department of Religious Education of the Israeli Ministry of Education.
Funding
Elli Schachter’s work on this study was supported by a grant from the Israeli Science Foundation (#818/07). Yisrael Rich’s work was supported by a grant from the Chief Scientist’s Office and the Department of Religious Education of the Israeli Ministry of Education.
Funders | Funder number |
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Israeli Ministry of Education | |
Chief Scientist Office | |
Israel Science Foundation | 818/07 |