Making multicultural education work

Abstract

Part 1 Introduction - theory into practice: explaining differential achievement in schools the multicultural education debate overview. Part 2 Consensus, conflict and resistance: theories: addressing the structure-agency dilemma: consensus theories of education conflict theories of education theories of social reproduction - base and superstructure theories of cultural reproduction - the social construction of knowledge resistance theories the possibilities of critical practice. Part 3 Multicultural education and the rhetoric of pluralism: from assimilation to multicultural education - solutions to the ethnic minority crisis in education the multicultural panacea - claims and counter claims the problem of definition multicultural versus antiracist education beyond benevolent multiculturalism a critically conceived approach to multicultural education. Part 4 A critical ethnography: school ethnographies criticisms of conventional ethnography in educational research critical ethnography the Richmond road account extending critical ethnography. Part 5 Richmond road school: the historical background the present context the structure of the account. Part 6 School organization - achieving structural change: Jim Laughton - principal as educational visionary the process of change the school and its community - fostering reciprocal relationships. Part 7 Pedagogy - knowledge, responsibility, and the process of learning: provisional authority - whoever has knowledge teaches child-centred and process learning - the kids always come first a multilingual environment - the role of language and culture timetabling children's learning. Part 8 Curriculum and assessment - resourcing and monitoring children's learning: resourcing children's learning assessment - monitoring children's progress analyzing outcomes a reading cohort study achieving success in reading. Part 9 New directions: new challenges new contests whole-school policies Richmond road without Laughton. Part 10 A critical pedagogy at work: Richmond Road School - a critical pedagogy at work. Part 11 The practice of theory: educational effectiveness - the benchmark for multicultural education.

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