Our personal belief system about education or Academic Identity, can have a profound effect on how our academic career is shaped. Young people each have a different story to tell, their own sense of belonging. These first steps in education, can determine how success is framed and what success means to a young person. A positive Academic Identity: to feel competent, valued, and capable, provides young people with as clear pathway to succeed, whereas a negative Academic Identity can lead to disengagement, low levels of motivation and underachievement. Measuring the impact of Academic Identity within Scottish schools is analysed through the SHANARRI indicators set by the Scottish Government. Safe, Healthy, Achieving, Nurtured, Active, Respected, Responsible, Included, are used to investigate the correlation between self-belief, and the impact on success. Qualitative data was gathered through collecting young people’s views through online surveys and group interviews; along with feedback gathered from educators which evidenced the development of an educational framework. The framework was designed utilizing the SHANARRI indicators, capturing young people and staff evaluations. The framework provides a way to place wellbeing at the heart of engagement, incorporating well-being check-ins for young people and promoting personal progress over outcomes, supporting young people to celebrate their progress at regular intervals, thus improving their Academic Identity as a measure of change. The framework supports young people to find their academic pathway as a measure of success, in preparation for the interdisciplinary world around them.

Authors:
Claire-Gillian McIntosh, Harlaw Academy, United Kingdom

About the Presenter(s)
Dr Claire-Gillian McIntosh is a Principal Teacher of Guidance at Harlaw Academy in Scotland and a postgraduate student at Durham University, studying an MBA and was awarded the Durham University's Executive Dean’s Women in Business Scholarship.

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https://shareitteachit.com

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