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Schooling in a Multiracial Society: contrasting perspectives of primary and secondary teachers in training
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In this paper, the findings of a survey of student teachers' perceptions of the role of the school in a multiracial society are presented, which suggests that prospective primary teachers may be more amenable towards contemporary policy initiatives in this sphere than their secondary colleagues.Abstract:
Following an analysis of current responses to the ideologies of multicultural and anti‐racist education, the findings of a survey of student teachers’ perceptions of the role of the school in a multiracial society are presented. The survey suggests that prospective primary teachers may be more amenable towards contemporary policy initiatives in this sphere than their secondary colleagues. To account for this finding, reference is made to differences between the two groups in terms of occupational socialisation, identity and role. The implications of the study for initial teacher training institutions are discussed in the context of recommendations made in the Swann Report (1985).read more
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Prospective Teachers' Perceptions of Ethnic and Gender Differences in Academic Achievement
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The Teacher Education Challenge in Elite University Settings: Developing Critical Perspectives for Teaching in a Democratic and Multicultural Society
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“Nature Took Its Course”? Student Teachers & Gender Awareness
TL;DR: In this paper, the importance of helping student teachers to become consciously aware of the educational experiences of girls and boys and of any gender stereotypes they may hold as a result of their biographies is highlighted.
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Dealing with Race: Laying Down Patterns for Multiculturalism in South Africa.
TL;DR: The authors argue that the form of multicultural education that is emerging is characterized by a compromised critique: teachers encourage criticism of that which is distant and historically removed from the South African context, but manifest an attitude of compliance with that that is immediate and directly pertinent to South Africa.
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Breakthrough to political literacy: political education, antiracist teaching and the primary school
Bruce Carrington,Geoffrey Short +1 more
TL;DR: The Swann Committee's report on the education of children from ethnic minority groups in Great Britain (1985) generally embraces a cultural pluralist rather than antiracist perspective on education, it nevertheless acknowledges that all schools (irrespective of phase, ethnic composition or location) should play a more active role in challenging manifestations of racism at both individual and institutional level as mentioned in this paper.
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Children's Minds
TL;DR: Donaldson as discussed by the authors argues that reading is even more important than we have thought it to be, since learning to read ca actually speed children through the crucial transition from preschool to school.
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Teaching Styles and Pupil Progress
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Racism, Education and the State
Barry Troyna,Jenny Williams +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that far from reducing racial inequality, the education system in the UK systematically generates, maintains and reproduces it, and propose antiracist education principles for black students' experiences of racism in schools and post-school training schemes.