We are delighted that this edited book is now out and available! It has been a labour of love for several years but we are very excited to see it come out and to touch upon a number of very important issues in education.
See below for the contents and more detail about the book can be found at the following link:
Table of Contents
PART I: Introducing social identity in educational contexts
- Introducing self and social identityin educational contexts: promoting learning, managing conflict, facilitating change (Michael J. Platow, Kenneth I. Mavor and Boris Bizumic)
- The social identity approach to education and learning: Identification, ideation, interaction, influence and ideology ( Alexander Haslam)
PART II: Social identity in the classroom and playground
- School climate, social identity processes and school outcomes: making the case for a group-level approach to understanding schools (Katherine J. Reynolds, Emina Subasic, Eunro Lee and Dave Bromhead)
- Bullying and belonging: social identity on the playground (Siân E. Jones, Andrew G. Livingstone and Antony S. R. Manstead)
PART III: Social identities between the classroom and beyond
- Why so few? The role of social identity and situational cues in understanding the underrepresentation of women in STEM fields (Kathryn L. Boucher and Mary C. Murphy)
- The educational experience of students from low socio-economic status background (Jolanda Jetten, Aarti Iyer and Airong Zhang)
- Indigenous education in Australia: a battle of identities (Diana M. Grace and Michael J. Platow)
- Education and social participation: civic identity and civic action in formal and informal education contexts (Emma F. Thomas, Craig McGarty, Avelie Stuart, Girish Lala and Anne Pedersen)
PART IV: Becoming and influencing: the role of social identity in student life
- University students’ social identity and health behaviours (Joanne R. Smith, Winnifred R. Louis and Mark Tarrant)
- The role of psychological need satisfaction in promoting student identification (Katharine Greenaway, Catherine E. Amiot, Winnifred R. Louis and Sarah V. Bentley)
- Uncertainty in transition: the influence of group cohesion on learning (Tegan Cruwys, Amber M. Gaffney and Yvonne Skipper)
PART V: Approaches to learning and academic performance
- The role of students’ social identities in fostering high-quality learning in higher education (Ana-Maria Bliuc, Peter Goodyear and Robert A. Ellis)
- Understanding social identity in education: the modifying role for perceived norms (Lillian Smyth, Kenneth I. Mavor, Michael J. Platow and Diana M. Grace)
- Performance in small student groups: group personality, identity and norms (Conal Monaghan and Boris Bizumic)
- Student identity and the marketization of higher education (Stefanie J. Sonnenberg)
PART VI: Insights and applications from medical education
- Stereotyping and the development of clinicians’ professional identities (Bryan Burford and Harriet E. S. Rosenthal-Stott)
- Hero, voyeur, judge: understanding medical students’ moral identities through professionalism dilemma narratives (Lynn V. Monrouxe and Charlotte E. Rees)
- The complexity of medical education: social identity and normative influence in well-being and approaches to learning (Kathleen G. McNeill, Lillian Smyth and Kenneth I. Mavor)
PART VII: Making connections
- The social construction of teachers’ identities: finding connections in social identity and post-structuralist perspectives (Emma Rich, Kenneth I. Mavor and Louisa Webb)