Ethnic incongruence and the student-teacher relationship: The perspective of ethnic majority teachers

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-273

  Thijs, Jochem ^a   Westhof, Saskia ^a   Koomen, Helma ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethnic incongruence; Intergroup bias; Minority students; Multiculturalism; Problem behaviors; Student teacher relationships; Teachers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; STUDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY;

ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACULTY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; STUDENTS; TURKEY;

EID: 84857657767     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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