ethnicity
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Ethnicity
By Erlehta Sfarca
Policies relating to gender and
ethnicity
Gender is;
1. The Tripartite system has led girls to be
included in higher education.
2. Policies like GIST have reduced gender
differences in subject choice.
Assimilation
Policies aimed at improving achievement off children from minority ethnic backgrounds have gone through several phases.
Assimilation is;
1. policies focused on the need for pupils to assimilate into mainstream British culture as a way of raising their achievement.
Multicultural education (MCE)
Policies aimed to promote achievements from minority ethnic groups by valuing all cultures in the school curriculum, therefore raising minority achievements.
The MCE has been criticised in several ways ;
1. Maureen Stone argues that black pupils do not fail for lack of self esteem, so MCE is misguided.
2. The New Right criticise MCE for perpetuating cultural divisions.
Social Inclusion
Social inclusion of pupils and policies to
raise achievement of minority ethnic
groups. Policies include:
1. The detailed monitoring of exam results
by ethnicity and help for voluntary
'Saturday schools' in the black
community.