This article focuses specifically on the incorporation of ethnic minority children within the education systems of England, France and Germany. The trends in policy development after World War II in these countries are examined through the prism of three ideal-typical incorporation strategies--integration, assimilation and separation. This is done…

Drawing on Critical Race Theory (CRT) and illustrating with examples from the English system, the paper addresses the hidden racist dimension to contemporary education reforms and argues that this is a predictable and recurrent theme at times of economic crisis. Derrick Bell's concept of "interest-convergence" argues that moments of…

This article examines the experiences of Traveller children in schools. It uses data from two studies (one in Scotland and the other in England) to examine Traveller children's views about attending school (particularly in relation to their values and ambitions), their experiences of racism and prejudice and their views on how teachers perceive…

This study aims to explore how leaders are helping to close gaps of attainment for minority ethnic pupils in English schools, and in particular those pupils who have English as an Additional Language (EAL) in the primary and secondary sector. This is a comparative study across selected schools using qualitative approaches to help gain an insight…

Nursery schools in the United Kingdom have increasingly diverse populations, in part, because of newly arrived migrants from within and outside of the European Union. This article aims to explore the role of play in helping newly arrived children with minority ethic backgrounds to gain positive learning experiences in a nursery school setting in…

This paper seeks to explore how a group of children, the majority of whom were of minority ethnic heritage, experienced starting nursery school in a setting where the majority of staff were of white indigenous heritage. The nursery is in a small town in the north-west of England, and the children were aged three and four. Observations were carried…

The policy to integrate English Gypsy children in schools tends to overlook the difficulties facing such youngsters in their attempts to negotiate between contrasting practices and values at home and school. Contradictions between such practices/value systems at home and school entail not only knowledge/skills, but also differing modes of…

Recognizes the need to monitor the actions of schools toward ethnic minorities and outlines ways in which it can be done. Discusses the planning, problems, and techniques of monitoring, concluding that schools must offer action beyond access and must study whether minority students are being well served. (GEA)

The objectives and organization of educational and day care services for children below age five is considered because the form of provision made will largely determine the numbers and kinds of children who are sent to it, and the effects or benefits of an institution providing care will depend upon its quality, accessibility, and form. (Author/ND)

A number of countries are running role model recruitment drives under the assumption that like is good for like: ethnic minority teachers should teach ethnic minority children, women should teach girls, and so on. The empirical basis for this would appear to be case study and personal reflection. This article will examine quantitative data to test…

Describes the four areas in which the problems a child meets in understanding his classmates or the teacher can be considered to arise: the difficulty caused by a word, a structure, the amount of information the child is asked to retain and/or the context in which the information is presented. (Author/JM)

Arguing that for a range of reasons educators have neglected to address organizational issues in the sustained manner in which we have addressed the behavioral issues, the author advocates that changes should be made in the institutional structure of society rather than in the minorities. (Author/JM)

Reports and discusses the findings of the National Foundation for Educational Research Questionnaire, sent out in March 1971 to 230 primary and secondary schools in England, which sought to determine how well probationers and experienced teachers are prepared to educate children of minority groups. (JM)

Explored youth disaffection, focusing on K-12 schools in England and France. Data from student interviews, staff interviews, and classroom observations indicated that educational inclusion in the two countries was not meeting the educational needs of disaffected youth. Within the disaffected cohort, those from ethnic minorities were doubly…

Describes the author's efforts to use the ideas of the psychologist Vygotsky to build on the home language skills of young bilingual children in England and to turn communication breakdowns into learning opportunities. Talking to children about the forms of speech and their roles in communication can accelerate conceptual development. (SLD)