Hopefully, you will have time to read and respond to this! I find the constructs of normative identity, core identity, and personal identity helpful, but I've always wondered about normative identity:
does this concept assume that there is always *one* normative identity? Do you believe this is always the case? Or could there be classroom spaces where there is more than one normative identity and different normative expectations for different students?
That’s a good question. Our definition assumes that the teacher’s expectations are consistent across students and that there is just one normative identity in a classroom. I can imagine cases in which, for example, students within a class are grouped homogeneously (e.g., by test scores), and the teacher has qualitatively different expectations for the groups. In such a case, it would make sense to talk about different normative identities being established for different groups.
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