1st Edition

Education, Racism and Reform (RLE Edu J)

By Barry Troyna, Bruce Carrington Copyright 1990
148 Pages
by Routledge

148 Pages
by Routledge

148 Pages
by Routledge

In this introductory text the authors look closely at widely held assumptions about ‘race’ and schooling in Britain, and evaluate the role of the school in a multi-ethnic society. Focusing on contemporary issues and concerns, they consider such controversial questions as: Is the education system rigged against black pupils? Is ‘tolerance’ really a characteristic of the British? The volume... Read more

Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Anti-racist education: A loony tune? 2. Who Gets What? 3. Racist understanding and understanding racism. 4. The Education Reform Act 1988: to free or not to free? 5. The ‘entitlement curriculum’? 6. Anti-racism in the new ERA. References. Index.

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Barry Troyna, Bruce Carrington