Policies- Ethnicity Flashcards
Ao1 and Ap3 assimilation policies
Ethnic minority students were expected to integrate
For example, they had been put into EAL program
This has been during the 1960s-1970s
Ao3
African Caribbean can speak English, so policy should be tackling the real course of under achievement, which is racism and poverty
Ao1 and Ao3
Multicultural education policies
This was during the 1980s
The government wanted to promote ethnic minority achievements by valuing all cultures in the curriculum
For example black history, month, and culture day
Ao3
This policy is an example of tokenism, which does not tackle deep rooted problems such as institutional racism
Ao1 and Ao3 social inclusion policies
These policies had been introduced in 1990
This has been a detailed monitoring of exam results by ethnicity and EAL programs
And the race relations was amended so that Schools had legal duty to promote racial equality.
Ao3
These policies take a soft approach as it focuses on cultural differences and home factors, rather than tackling structural causes
