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.