"Sit Down, You Haven't Reached That Stage Yet": African Caribbean Children in Leicester Schools 1960-74.

Chessum, Lorna

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Publication Date: 1997

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"Sit Down, You Haven't Reached That Stage Yet": African Caribbean Children in Leicester Schools 1960-74.

Chessum, Lorna

History of Education: The Journal of the History of Education Society, v26 n4 p409-29 Dec 1997

Recounts some experiences of African-Caribbean children in Leicester (England) schools in the 1960s and 1970s. Argues that these can be understood in relation to cultural attitudes and the policies of the Local Education Authority, which were, in turn, related to government policies of the time. (DSK)

Descriptors: Blacks, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Minority Group Children, Political Influences, Social Influences, Student Experience

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Language: English

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