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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813030303321

Autore

Figueroa Peter M. E

Titolo

Education and the social construction of "race" / / Peter Figueroa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2012, c1991

ISBN

1-136-51024-9

1-280-77655-2

9786613686947

1-136-51025-7

0-203-14734-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (389 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Education ; ; v. 120

Disciplina

370.19/342

Soggetti

Discrimination in education - Great Britain

Educational equalization - Great Britain

Racism - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1991 by Routledge.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Beyond rational choice; 2. Racist frames of reference; 3. What is multicultural and antiracist education? Philosophical and sociological reflections; 4. A critique of the Swann Report; 5. Can teachers be taught? Can attitudes be changed?; 6. Student-teachers' images of Black people and of education for a multicultural society: A case study; 7. Racism in school: A case study*; 8. Bias in examinations*; 9. White schools - black marks: Constructed 'underachievement'; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Does the education system help or hinder the fight against racism? This volume provides a constructive critique of the Swan Report of 1985 and of sociological research into racial and ethnic relations. The author undertakes a searching philosophical and sociological analysis of multicultural and antiracist education. He shows how the education system itself can reinforce racist assumptions and behaviour in society, but also argues that through educational and social reconstructing it can promote constructive cross-cultural relations.