David Gillborn 
Race, Ethnicity and Education [EPUB ebook] 
Teaching and Learning in Multi-Ethnic Schools

This book is a major new investigation into the issues of  »race », ethnicity and education, following the educational reforms during the late 1980s. It provides an up-to-date and critical introduction to current issues and major research findings in the field, exploring the teacher-pupil relationship through a detailed account of life in an inner-city comprehensive. It reveals the influence of different racist stereotypes and highlights the especially disadvantaged position of Afro- Caribbean pupils within a school. Features: * Draws on a wide variety of research projects in ethnic schools to examine: achievement; curriculum content; language use; assessment and testing under the National Curriculum * Uses material collected during two years of research to consider young people »s school experiences and issues relating to classroom discipline.