Enhancing belonging for African diaspora youth in Australian schools

学校是对抗边缘化和实现归属感的关键场所。本研究将调查非洲黑人青年在澳大利亚学校的归属感，以及学校如何改变实践以增强归属感。该项目将通过与非洲青年和教师进行创新的参与性行动研究，产生关于归属感及其对学校教育重要性的新知识。预期的结果是教育政策和实践的方向，开发与散居学生合作的专业资源，以及培养非洲年轻人作为研究人员的能力。预期的好处是改善非洲散居青年的学校参与度、留校率和成果，并为其他边缘化青年提供见解。

Schools are key sites to counter marginalisation and enable belonging. This study will investigate how Black African diaspora youth experience belonging in Australian schools and ways that schools can change practices to enhance belonging. The project will generate new knowledge of belonging and its importance for schooling using innovatory Participatory Action Research with African youth and teachers. Expected outcomes are directions for education policy and practices, development of professional resources for working with diasporic students and capacitating young African people as researchers. Anticipated benefits are improved school engagement, retention and outcomes for African diaspora youth and insights for other marginalised youth.