Why is it Important for Students to Feel a Sense of Belonging at School? ‘Students Choose to be in Environments That Make Them Feel a Sense of Fit,’ Says Associate Professor DeLeon Gray
When students feel a sense of belonging in the classroom, it can increase their educational success and motivational outcomes in multiple ways, and teachers can help create this feeling of belonging by building connections between classroom and community, according to DeLeon Gray, Ph.D. Gray, an associate professor of educational psychology and equity in the NC State College […]
Award-Winning Article Focuses on What It Means for Black Students to Belong at School
DeLeon Gray, Ph.D., learned as a graduate student that the concept of student belonging is closely linked to motivation and achievement. He has since spent years questioning what belonging means for students of different ethnic groups. It was this line of questioning that led him and his research partners to write “Black and Belonging at […]