Changing Classroom Cultures: Anti-racism, Politics and Schools - Softcover

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Developing strategies for effective anti-racist education in predominantly white primary schools, this book discusses the impact of both New Right and Labour Party new realist politics on the possibilities for anti-racist, anti-sexist and anti-heterosexist education in British schools. It takes particular account of the likely results of the Education Reform Act and strategies for subverting or combating inequalities within the parameters of the Act. A critique is made of child-centred education and of some versions of multicultural and antiracist education. A theoretical framework is developed, based on social constructionist understandings of learning and teaching, for changing classroom cultures. The book provides practical examples of antiracist education in practice, through case studies of school change and of classroom practice, with children from the nursery through to Year Six. It will be of interest to teachers and students teachers, as well as those interested in Sociology, Social Policy and Cultural Studies.