Resisting Barriers to Belonging

Beverly S. Faircloth; Laura M. Gonzalez; Katherine Ramos

doi:10.5771/9781793632142

Summary

Decades of theory, research, and practice have singled out sense of belonging (in its many derivative forms) as a pivotal component of healthy development: psychologically, socially, culturally, academically. The human need for belonging, and therefore its essential nature, have been well established across multiple arenas. Despite growth in this field, answers to the barriers to belonging among marginalized groups and contexts remain especially elusive. For decades, this work was anchored primarily in dominant, whitestream lenses and contexts. Therefore, the authors attempt here to highlight the responsibilities of systems and individual actors to meaningfully adapt and intentionally make space for belonging for all. Within that we advocate for the inclusion and preservation of culture, identity, and voice, and reframe belonging as a fundamental human right. Moreover, the authors draw on insights and generate implications across multiple fields (education, psychology, sociology, counseling, cultural foundations, and community work). Considering belonging through a critical, equitable, culturally-sustaining perspective, while simultaneously identifying settings where more attention to barriers to belonging is needed, is a non-negotiable element of moving the work of positive human development forward.

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Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-3213-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-3214-2
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 272
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures and Tables No access
3. 1. References No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Moving Forward No access
3. The Current Book No access
4. Note No access
5. References No access
1. Frame 1: Belonging as Relationship (and Its Shortcomings) No access
2. Frame 2: A Sociocultural Renaissance in Belonging No access
3. Frame 3: Critical Models of Belonging No access
4. Noticing, Naming, and Interrupting No access
5. Coda No access
6. References No access
1. Black Students’ Experiences in Schools No access
2. Antiracism: Roots in Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Critical Race Theory No access
3. Antiracism and School Belonging: Opportunities for Institutional Change No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. References No access
1. Structural and Institutional Barriers to Sense of Belonging No access
2. Belonging on Campus as LGBTQ+ People No access
3. References No access
1. Holistic Sense of Belonging No access
2. Citizenship Privilege No access
3. (Re)defining Legal Status No access
4. Humanism, Liberation Pedagogy, and Critical Humanism No access
5. Belonging as Framed through Critical Humanism No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. References No access
1. Background No access
2. Sense of Community and Sense of Belonging No access
3. The North Carolina Collaborative for Mathematics Learning No access
4. NC High School Mathematics Standards, Community, and Belonging No access
5. Discussion No access
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1. An Introduction No access
2. Lesson 1: Belonging Is Fluid, a Flux State That Will Regularly Require Reassessment and Reevaluation. No access
3. Lesson 2: Belonging Is Profoundly Subjective and Requires Us to Be Who We Are No access
4. Conclusions No access
5. References No access
1. Sense of Belonging in Schools No access
2. The SPARCK Model No access
3. Experiences of the Group Members No access
4. Discussion No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. References No access
1. Sense of Belonging No access
2. Findings and Interpretations No access
3. Discussion No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. References No access
1. Heritage Language Programs No access
2. Heritage Language and Belonging No access
3. Challenges for Heritage Language Learners No access
4. Lessons Learned No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
7. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. The Case for Belonging among Immigrant and Refugee Youth No access
3. A Transcultural Pedagogy of Belonging for Resettled Youth No access
4. Community Voices Writers’ Camp No access
5. Narratives on Belonging No access
6. Learning from the Belonging Narratives of New Arrivals No access
7. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Conceptual Framework No access
3. Methodology No access
4. Findings No access
5. Theme 1: Exploring Diversity in Experiences and Perspectives No access
6. Concluding Thoughts and Implications No access
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1. Noticing/Naming/Interrupting No access
2. An Invitation to Engage No access
3. Note No access
4. References No access
Index No access Pages 259 - 264
1. Editors No access
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