Ethnicity and Policies Flashcards
What policies did the Government adopt in the 1960s regarding ethnicity?
Assimilation policies - expected EM students to integrate
A03 of the assimilation policies from the 1960s?
Policies should address racism and poverty as real causes of underachievement
What education policies were introduced in the 1980s?
Multicultural education policies - aimed to promote EM achievements by valuing all cultures in the curriculum.
A03 of the multicultural education policies of the 1980s?
They were an example of tokenism - they didn’t address deep-rooted issues like institutional racism.
What did the New Right believe regarding education in the 1980s?
Education should promote a shared culture
What significant policies were introduced in the 1990s?
Social inclusion policies
What amendment was made to the Race Relations Act in the 1990s?
Schools had a legal duty to promote racial equality
What was Mirza’s (2005) evaluation of the social inclusion policies?
They take a ‘soft approach’ focusing on cultural differences - This approach neglects structural causes of inequality.
According to Gillborn, what should education policies focus on?
Institutional racism in relation to the ethnocentric curriculum, assessment, and streaming
