Does education really change us? The impact of school-based social processes on the person

The group context and social identity is central for understanding how educational factors can influence behavior. Social identity processes not only help explain student behavior at school but point to pathways that can be used to shape it. It is argued that to change a person's motivations, perceptions, and behavior, it is necessary to transform and change his or her social identity. It is through shifts in defining who "we" are and what "we" do that it is possible to transform who "I" am and what "I" do.