By focusing on the day - to - day necessities of a healthy schedule; an engaging, personalized, and rigorous curriculum; and a caring climate, this book is an invaluable resource for school leaders, teachers, parents, and students to help them design learning communities where
every student feels a sense of belonging, purpose, and motivation to learn the skills necessary to succeed now and in the future.
But when
students feel a sense of belonging, they experience more meaningful relationships, higher self - esteem, better academic performance, and improved well - being.
Fortunately, there are a variety of steps for teachers to make sure that
students feel a sense of belonging in class and that their effort is worthwhile.
Based on his and others» research, he offered three key principles for making classrooms places where
students feel a sense of belonging and have the safety and freedom to achieve.
Citing the intriguing life story of former New York Times book editor Anatole Broyard, an African - American who spent much of his adult life passing as a white man to achieve career success and broader opportunities, and research on gender stereotypes and math skills and race stereotypes and I.Q. tests, Steele offered three recommendations for making classrooms places where
students feel a sense of belonging:
The strong commitment to making sure that
students feel a sense of belonging so that they can develop resilience.
Not exact matches
«
Feeling a
sense of belonging can contribute to
student success; we want
students to be successful in and out
of the classroom, and once they graduate and start their career we want them to be comfortable in what they do,» Executive Director
of Culinary Services Guy Procopio says.
And perhaps what
students need more than anything for these positive academic habits to flourish is to spend as much time as possible in environments where they
feel a
sense of belonging, independence, and growth — or, to use some
of the language
of Deci and Ryan, where they experience relatedness, autonomy, and competence.
As a result, many EL
students will tell you that their crew is the place at school where they most
feel a
sense of belonging; for some
of them, it's the place where they most
feel a
sense of belonging, period.
What Deci and Ryan's research suggests is that
students will be more likely to display these positive academic habits when they are in an environment where they
feel a
sense of belonging, independence, and growth — or, to use Deci and Ryan's language, where they experience relatedness, autonomy, and competence.
There's something about the classroom environment that certain teachers are creating that makes
students feel more
of a
sense of belonging and motivation and the desire to take on challenges.
Because it is so easy for a minority
student to
feel different from the other
students and alienated from the graduate program, it is critically important to reinforce a
sense of belonging at every stage
of the graduate career.
University
students who used a Facebook group as part
of a large sociology class did better on course assignments and
felt a stronger
sense of belonging, according to a Baylor University study.
Such interventions focus not on improving academic skills or knowledge, but on changing
students» mindsets about learning — combating negative
feelings, or increasing a
sense of belonging, or reframing failure as an opportunity for improvement.
Creating a classroom environment where
students see the relevance
of learning, and where they
feel a
sense of belonging, is an excellent way to foster an academic mindset in them.
This is fundamentally an extension
of the points outlined above, but using a work board as part
of a learning exercise or classroom based activity can make
students feel like active parts
of a group, which in turn helps to foster a
sense of belonging.
This generates excitement and energy in the classroom, helping
students to «buy into» coming to school and to
feel a
sense of belonging to the group.
Feeling a
sense of belonging is especially important to the hyperactive
student.
When
students are in charge
of their own learning, they
feel a
sense of belonging — the classroom becomes a space defined by them.
When your
students feel respected, their
sense of belonging and mood will often improve.
The study found that when
students were not the «bottom dogs,» they
felt safer, less bullying, less fighting and a greater
sense of belonging.
And those
students with fewer caring relationships with adults are less likely to
feel appreciated or welcome at school.22 When education leaders cultivate positive and inclusive learning environments, however,
students are more likely to have a firm
sense of belonging.23 This, in turn, improves their beliefs about their learning ability and enhances their classroom performance.24
Excerpt: Small school
students are less likely to
feel alienated and more likely to report a strong
sense of belonging.
The same research suggests that while
students feel strongly attached to their immediate communities, they generally
feel a weaker
sense of belonging to national, European and international communities.
Foster a
sense of belonging for the
students in the classroom so they
feel a connection to school.
SEL training can certainly make classrooms into safer, more welcoming, more empowering communities where
students feel a critical
sense of belonging and significance.
Our main goal that is that both our
students and teachers
feel a deep
sense of belonging.
We aim to create a vibrant, welcoming school community to which every
student feels a real
sense of belonging.
The resulting
sense of pride and
belonging among his
students, who often
felt alienated from the mainstream, became an integral part
of his work with these
students — K.O.S, the Kids
of Survival — which could be seen as sustaining a dialog between members
of the group as well as with interlocutors
of the past such as W.E.B. DuBois or George Orwell.
Building classroom communities: Strategies for developing a culture
of caring helps you create a unified, caring classroom in which all
students love to learn and
feel a
sense of belonging.
A positive ethos and learning environment whereby all
students, including those with special educational needs,
feel welcome and experience a
sense of community and
belonging