TY - JOUR
AU - Zirkel, Perry A.
AB - SELF-CONCEPT AND THE "DISADVANTAGE" OF ETHNIC GROUP MEMBERSHIP AND MIXTURE Perry A. Zirkel Connecticut State Department of Education Numerous studies have found self-concept to be significantly re­ lated to academic achievement for so-called "disadvantaged" as well as other students (e.g., Brookover & Thomas, 1963; Campbell, 1965; Coleman, 1966; Meyers, 1966; Caplin, 1968; Paschal, 1968; Epps, 1969; Frerichs, 1970). Is has also become increasingly clear in the light of the schools' at­ tempt to serve the disadvantaged that the schools have a fundamental responsibility to enhance the self-concepts of their students (Clark, 1963; Tannenbaum, 1967; Marston, 1968). This objective has been prescribed and described for virtually all programs for the disadvantaged (Gordon & Wil- kerson, 1966; Smiley, 1967; Fantini & Weinstein, 1968). A low self-concept has been cited as one of the major characteristics of the disadvantaged (Gordon, 1965; Havighurst & Moorefield, 1967). Whether or not such a "disadvantage" exists and persists depends largely on the relationship between self-concept and ethnic group membership and mixture. Self-Concept and Ethnic Group Membership Several investigators postulated a low self-concept for minority group members based on considerations of ethnic caste as well as socioeconomic class (e.g., Ausubel & Ausubel, 1963; Clark, 1963; Pettigrew, 1964; 
TI - Self-Concept and the “Disadvantage” of Ethnic Group Membership and Mixture
JF - Review of Educational Research
DO - 10.3102/00346543041003211
DA - 1971-06-01
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SP - 211
EP - 225
VL - 41
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -