It's Not Just About Black and White, Miss

by Elton-chalcraft, Sally

• ISBN13: 9781858504377
• ISBN10: 1858504376
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-08
• Publisher: Trentham Books Ltd

Summary

Speaking openly of their ideas about race, these nine and ten year-olds show they have internalized the prevailing western mindset'”whatever their own ethnicity. And this mindset is racist. Research has long been needed into what children themselves think about cultural diversity and about efforts to counter racism in their schools. Here is the empirical, child-centered research that tells educators what they need to know. It was conducted with a sample of Year 5 pupils in two predominantly white and two diverse schools which were themselves involved in the research process. The book is suffused with their vibrant, profound and original voices and their often surprising ideas. The children's views are accompanied by the researcher's sociologically informed close observation of school life and the views and practice of the teachers, and the book concludes with the important implications she identifies for policy and practice in schools. It's Not Just About Black and White, Missis an enlightening and enjoyable read for primary teachers and trainees and offers grounded information for policy makers and school managers.

Table of Contents

Categorizes the childrenG++s knowledge and attitudes

Evaluation of the influence of the formal and hidden curriculum

Examines the ethos, teaching and learning in the diverse schools and relationships between staff and pupils

The two predominantly white schools are similarly examined

The childrenG++s knowledge and attitudes to their own culture and others is categorised

The children talk about what shapes their values and views

The impact on the school of the pupilsG++ attitudes to race

Challenging oppressive behaviour by pupils and teachers, and changing the prevailing mindset: implications of the research for policy and practice

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