A qualitative examination of the impact of culturally responsive educational practices on the psychological well-being of students of color

Urban Review

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 574-596

  Cholewa, Blaire ^a   Goodman, Rachael D ^b   West Olatunji, Cirecie ^c   Amatea, Ellen ^d  

^a KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural responsiveness; Psychological well being; Relational cultural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893176007     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-014-0272-y     Document Type: Article

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