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Running head: STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT 1
CULTURAL ECOLOGY, STEREOTYPE THREAT, AND INSTITUTIONAL AGENTS: HIGH SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS OF BLACK MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS
by
Sherrita Rose Blackshear
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
December 2013
Copyright 2013 Sherrita Rose Blackshear
Object Description
| Title | Cultural ecology, stereotype threat, and institutional agents: high school achievements of Black male and female students |
| Author | Blackshear, Sherrita Rose |
| Author email | srblackshear@yahoo.com;queensrb@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2013-10-08 |
| Date submitted | 2013-10-31 |
| Date approved | 2013-10-31 |
| Restricted until | 2013-10-31 |
| Date published | 2013-10-31 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Baca, Reynaldo |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Fischer, Linda Garcia, Pedro |
| Abstract | This study applies three theoretical frameworks; Cultural Ecological Theory, Stereotype Threat, and Social Capital Theory. The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding about why some Black students achieve while others do not. Eight Black high school seniors were the participants in this qualitative comparative study using ethnographic student interviews in order to examine whether: (1) Average achieving Black high school students develop more of an oppositional identity than Black students who are high achieving (2) If average achieving Black high school students have a greater concern about stereotype threats than Black high school students who are high achieving and (3) Do Black high school students who are high achieving develop stronger social networks and deeper relationships with institutional agents than average achieving Black high school students? Findings from this study indicate that; Black high school students who are average achieving do not develop more of an oppositional identity compared to Black students who are college bound, Black high school students who are average achieving do not have a greater concern about stereotype threat than those Black high school students who are college bound, and Black high school students who are college bound do develop stronger networks and deeper relationships with institutional agents than do Black high school students who are average achieving. This study focused on a small part of the big picture and found that teachers, counselors, and administrators are institutional agents that play a crucial role in the academic achievement of all students. |
| Keyword | cultural ecological theory; stereotype threat; social capital theory; African-American students; high school; institutional agents; academic achievement; black students; acting white; college bound; high achievers; low achievers; Ogbu; Steele; Stanton-Salazar |
| Language | English |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Blackshear, Sherrita Rose |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Blackshear-2121.pdf |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume8/etd-Blackshear-2121.pdf |
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| Full text | Running head: STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT 1 CULTURAL ECOLOGY, STEREOTYPE THREAT, AND INSTITUTIONAL AGENTS: HIGH SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS OF BLACK MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS by Sherrita Rose Blackshear A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION December 2013 Copyright 2013 Sherrita Rose Blackshear |
