ERIC Number: ED609148
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Dec
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-
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A Mixed Methods Pilot Study of an Equity-Explicit Student-Teacher Relationship Intervention for the Ninth-Grade Transition
Gaias, Larissa M.; Cook, Clayton R.; Nguyen, Lillian; Brewer, Stephanie K.; Brown, Eric C.; Kiche, Sharon; Shi, Jiajing; Buntain-Ricklefs, Jodie; Duong, Mylien T.
Grantee Submission, Journal of School Health v90 n12 p1004-1018 Dec 2020
Background: Student-teacher relationships are associated with the social and emotional climate of a school, a key domain of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model. Few interventions target student-teacher relationships during the critical transition to high school, or incorporate strategies for enhancing equitable relationships. We conducted a mixed-methods feasibility study of a student-teacher relationship intervention, called Equity-Explicit Establish-Maintain-Restore (E-EMR). Methods: We tested whether students (N = 133) whose teachers received E-EMR training demonstrated improved relationship quality, school belonging, motivation, behavior, and academic outcomes from pre- to post-test, and whether these differences were moderated by race. We also examined how teachers (N = 16) integrated a focus on equity into their implementation of the intervention. Results: Relative to white students, students of the color showed greater improvement on belongingness, behavior, motivation, and GPA. Teachers described how they incorporated a focus on race/ethnicity, culture, and bias into E-EMR practices, and situated their relationships with students within the contexts of their own identity, the classroom/school context, and broader systems of power and privilege. Conclusions: We provide preliminary evidence for E-EMR to change teacher practice and reduce educational disparities for students of color. We discuss implications for other school-based interventions to integrate an equity-explicit focus into program content and evaluation. [This article was published in "Journal of School Health" (EJ1274285).]
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 9; High Schools; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); National Institute of Mental Health (DHHS/NIH)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; Academic Motivation Scale
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305B170021; R305A170458; F32MH116623
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