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ERIC Number: EJ1390727
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1534-8431
EISSN: EISSN-1532-771X
Latinx High School Seniors Preparing for College: "Ganas" or Symbolic Violence?
Kolluri, Suneal
Journal of Latinos and Education, v22 n3 p1065-1078 2023
The senior year is among the most important for students' long-term academic success. Traditionally, seniors are assumed to be largely disengaged from school, enduring "senioritis" or a "senior slump." For college-bound Latinx students, academic disengagement may be particularly troublesome given the well documented postsecondary struggles of these students. However, leveraging theories of "ganas" and symbolic violence, the findings here suggest that many Latinx students engage in academic rigor until the very end of their senior year. By leveraging their "ganas" -- skills of self-reliance and social networks -- and finding culturally relevant educational spaces free from symbolic violence, students were able to avoid bouts senioritis. However, not all succeeded in doing so. The students at one comprehensive school who disengaged academically in their final year of high school endured symbolic violence in the form of low expectations from teachers and culturally disconnected learning. The findings have important implications for how educators and school leaders might structure senior-year learning experiences to maintain academic rigor and focus.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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