1st Edition

Understanding Minority Ethnic Achievement Race, Gender, Class and 'Success'

By Louise Archer, Becky Francis Copyright 2007
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

Providing fresh insights and understandings about educationally ‘successful’ minority ethnic pupils, this book examines the views, identities and educational experiences of those pupils who are undoubtedly ‘achieving’, but who tend to remain ignored within popular concerns about under-achievement. Combining a broad analysis of minority ethnic pupils’ achievement together with a novel,... Read more

Preface.  1. ‘Race’ And Achievement: The Policy Context  2. Theoretical Perspectives on ‘Race’, Gender, Class and Achievement  3. Teachers’ Views on Pupils’ Identities and Achievement  4. Minority Ethnic Parents’ Views of the British Education System  5. Young People’s Educational Identities  6. Linking Identities, Aspirations and Achievement  7. Understanding and Addressing Educational Inequalities: Racisms, Sexisms and Classisms  8. Implications.  References

Biography

Becky Francis, Louise Archer