Social Development and Social Change
This longitudinal study in Nepal is tracking 764 students (age range: 10-18 years, yearly assessments since 2016) in order to find out how students from social minority groups develop socially and academically in different educational context. In addition, the project helps to find out how children and adolescents reason about social inequality and social hierarchies and how adolescents become civically engaged.
Another important target is to find out if the social inclusion of social minority group children and children from poor economic backgrounds can be enhanced through scholarship programs.
We discuss our findings with representatives of the ministry of education and UNESCO Nepal.
For further details check out the website of the University of Teacher Education here: Social Development and Social Change.
Research team:
Jeanine Grütter, Carmen Barth, Lena Dändliker, Sandesh Dhakal, Manishi Srivastava, Andrea Weber, & Melanie Killen
Publications:
Grütter, J., Dhakal, S., & Killen, M. (2022). Socioeconomic biases regarding peer relationships in academic contexts: The role of school diversity and teacher beliefs. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13796
Grütter, J., Dhakal, S., Killen, M. (2021). Adolescents’ own and parental expectations for cross-group friendships in the context of societal inequalities. Journal of Social Issues, 77, 1188-1212. https://doi.org/ 10.1111/josi.12484
Conference Proceedings:
Weber, A., Rai, N., Bhatta, P. & Grütter, J. (2024). Civic beliefs and participation in an evolving democracy: a longitudinal study on Nepalese adolescents. In S. Gönültaş (Chair), Youths’ Power in Societies: Exploring Factors Related to Youth’s Civic Engagement in Political and Social Contexts [Symposium]. 27th Biennial Meeting of the ISSBD, Lisbon, Portugal, 16 – 20.6, 2024.
Barth, C. & Grütter J. (2023). Adolescents’ perceptions of social mobility in relation to their career aspirations: First insights from Nepal. Paper presentation at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, USA, 23-25.3, 2023.
Grütter, J. (2022). “If we choose the right person, they might later on develop the society”. Nepalese adolescents moral reasoning and anticipated civic engagement. Paper presented at the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), Dublin, Ireland, 24-27.8.2022.
Grütter, J., Dändliker, L., Archarya, A., & Killen, M. (2022) Nepalese adolescents’ reasoning about social mobility: The role of group status and experiences with discrimination. Paper presented at the Biennial meeting of the ISSBD, Rhodes, Greece, June 19 – 23.6.2022.
Collaborators:
Melanie Killen
Sandesh Dhakal
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Funded by the SNSF, Biäsch Foundation for Research on Applied Psychology, and Teacher University, Lucerne.