'race', Ethnicity, And Education: Teaching And Learning In Multi-ethnic Schools (key Issues In Education)

This book is a major new investigation into the issues of 'race', ethnicity and education, following the educational reforms during the late 1980s. It provides an up-to-date and critical introduction to current issues and major research findings in the field, exploring the teacher-pupil relationship through a detailed account of life in an inner-city comprehensive. It reveals the influence of different racist stereotypes and highlights the especially disadvantaged position of Afro- Caribbean pupils within a school. Features: \* Draws on a wide variety of research projects in ethnic schools to examine: achievement; curriculum content; language use; assessment and testing under the National Curriculum \* Uses material collected during two years of research to consider young people's school experiences and issues relating to classroom discipline. This book provides a critical introduction to current issues and major research findings related to race, ethnicity, and education following the educational reforms of the 1980s in the United Kingdom. In the general introduction, the key concepts are explored, and the City Road School, the multi-ethnic inner-city school which is the subject of this book, is described. The first part of the book focuses on the experiences of Afro-Caribbean and Asian pupils in schools dominated by the perspectives of white teachers. Emphasis is placed on the teachers' expectations concerning discipline, ability, and attitude. Responses of students are discussed using a variety of data including interview material and classroom observation. The second part of the book centers on areas of particular interest, such as equality of opportunity, academic achievement, language use, and changes in curriculum content and educational practices. Possible consequences of the British National Curriculum are reviewed. Ten tables and one figure present study findings. (SLD) A presentation of an important new investigation into the issues of race, ethnicity and education, following the extensive reforms of state education during the late 1980s. The author provides a critical introduction to the current issues and major research findings in the field. Each volume in the Key Issues in Education series is designed toprovide a precise, authoritative guide to a topic of current concernto teachers, researchers and educational policy-makers