Expanding the social psychological study of educators through humanizing principles

The social psychological study of education contains growing potential to contribute the understanding learning and design effective environments that support youth development. As research on educators in particular expands, there are key insights perspectives from areas outside psychology can help guide direction new studies approaches. Humanizing frameworks especially well suited inform educators, as they address ways institutions deny humanity people groups face economic ethnic-racial marginalization United States. By following principles humanization evaluate, deepen, broaden approaches, future becomes more likely advance knowledge embrace inherent value students whole people. Identity-based motivation theory provides an example a approach expanding emphasize role with attention humanization.