Title Educational attainments : issues and outcomes in multicultural education / edited by Gajendra Verma and Peter Pumfrey

Edition First edition Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource : text file, PDF Series Routledge Library Editions: Education and Multiculturalism Routledge Library Editions: Education and Multiculturalism ; Volume 9 Contents Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART 1 ISSUES; 1 Issues in Multicultural Education; 2 Monitoring the Reading Attainments of Children from Minority Ethnic Groups: LEA Practices; 3 Developing Bilingual Children's Englishin School; 4 Racism Awareness: Training, Education and Accountability; 5 The Swann Report and Ethnic Minority Attainment; 6 Policies and Promising Practices in Education; PART 2 OUTCOMES; 7 West Indian and Asian Children's Educational Attainment 8 Educational Achievement of Ethnic Minority Children in a Midlands Town9 Black Pupils' Progress in Secondary School; 10 Inner City Adolescents: Unequal Opportunities; 11 Self-Esteem and Educational Achievement in British Young South Asians; 12 The Brent Inquiry: Findings and Implications; Notes On Contributors; Index Notes "Originally published in 1988. This book presents an account of some of the challenges to society involved in multicultural education, together with recent empirical evidence concerning the educational attainments of British pupils of Afro-Caribbean, Asian and British origins. Promising policies and practices are identified. Individuals from different ethnic groups and professional orientations have contributed to this book. The first six chapters are devoted to contemporary, complex and controversial issues; the final six chapters present empirical evidence from national and local studies."--Provided by publisher Subject Minorities -- Education -- Great Britain Multicultural education -- Great Britain Cultural pluralism -- Great Britain Academic achievement -- Great Britain EDUCATION -- Multicultural Education. Academic achievement Cultural pluralism Minorities -- Education Multicultural education Great Britain Form Electronic book Author Pumfrey, Peter ISBN 9781315158174 1315158175 9781351655798 1351655795 9781351655804 1351655809

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