Addresses the question of how the education system responds to the needs of immigrant students on arrival in England. Discusses the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) provision for ethnic and linguistic minorities in the mainstream education system. (Author/VWL)

Notes the importance of moving to an antiracist approach in education, identifying early learning goals and exploring possible antiracist activities (taking seriously all forms of name-calling, using Persona Dolls to help children confront racism, and taking a strategic approach to addressing racism). Stresses the need for creating policies for…

In this chapter, the authors examine developments in the teacher workforce and in the occupation of teaching across recent generations. They take their point of departure from the perspective of prevailing policy discourse on enduring problems of educational equity, asking not only how teaching has evolved in recent decades but more specifically…

This paper sets out the background and key findings from a number of research projects about diversity and equality at a UK university. The works were commissioned as a result of changes in legislation as well as a genuine concern to investigate the issues of inequity and institutional racism within the university. The paper explores the…

A survey was conducted in 1983 of community workers in the United Kingdom to find out how many community workers there were, and who employed them, and to obtain some information on their characteristics such as training, age, sex, and ethnic background. This article reflects on the survey findings. (CT)

This book explores the reality of access to higher education for working class and ethnic minority adults through the reflections of 32 people in the United Kingdom on what held them back from higher education and what eventually motivated them to aim for university. Chapter 1 is "About the Research" and "Profiles of the…

This paper discusses public libraries in the United Kingdom (UK) from a social and political point of view and examines race issues outside the UK. Part 1 addresses understanding race and class oppression, including moving away from a Eurocentric approach, features of racism, social and economic exclusion, the language of exclusion/liberation,…

Describes a British secondary school's efforts to improve student attendance by promoting social inclusion. The project involved a first day absence monitor, school counselor, Education Welfare Officer, and specialist teacher. Participants worked to raise student attendance levels and awareness of reasons for it. The initiative succeeded because…

Describes the difficulties low achieving students, many of whom are from ethnic minorities, have in dealing with the language of Business Studies in the British curriculum and suggests some strategies to raise language awareness within the discipline and increase the business vocabularies of students. (SLD)

Evaluates a teaching initiative that aimed to teach about the Holocaust through a traveling exhibit on Anne Frank. Data from 10 case study schools show the success of the approach and some ways in which the teaching relevance might have been strengthened. (SLD)

Blacks and minority ethnic groups in Britain experience a great deal of exclusion from lifelong learning. There is a need to increase recruitment of faculty from these groups and to widen access to all types of learning opportunities. (SK)

Interviewed British Muslim women of South Asian origin regarding their motivations for entering higher education. Women increasingly viewed higher education as a necessary asset for maintaining and gaining social prestige. Motivations included parental encouragement, independence, and personal satisfaction. Respondents continually negotiated and…

Argues that parent involvement policies in British schools are flawed in their failure to recognize the ethnic diversity of parents and the institutional racism within the educational system. Suggests that deracialized parent involvement may in the long run contribute to widening the gap between the involved and the uninvolved, the achievers and…

Responding to disruptive or troubled pupils with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) remains a highly topical issue. The challenges these children present relate to wider issues of continuing political concern: the perceived declining discipline in schools; school and social exclusion; the limits to inclusion for children with special…

In the Government media, and public mind the relationship between "race" and education is overwhelmingly negative. In Britain when we talk of "Black and ethnic minorities in schools" we think of underachievement, rising exclusions and low aspirations. However, research evidence shows racialized people, particularly the women,…