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Bhopal, Kalwant; Rhamie, Jasmine – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2014
There is little research which has explored how students on Initial Teacher Training (ITT) courses understand and conceptualise discourses of "race," diversity and inclusion. This article will focus on student understandings of racialised identities; it will explore the discourses by which students understand what it means to be White…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Race, Student Diversity, Teacher Competencies
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Bhopal, Kalwant – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2011
This paper explores Indian women's views on arranged marriages in the United Kingdom. It is based on research carried out with 32 Indian women studying at a university in the South East of England, UK. The article draws on Wenger's social theory of learning to explore how Indian women's participation in communities of practice in higher education…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Females, Foreign Countries, Social Capital
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Bhopal, Kalwant – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2008
This article examines Asian women's experiences of belonging to communities of practice within higher education in Britain. The research explores the ways in which women engage in friendship and support networks, how they negotiate their identities and their experiences of being marginalised and "different". The research argues that…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Asians, Higher Education, Social Support Groups