Education and Race from Empire to Brexit

This book offers an historically informed discussion of the failure of the education systems in Britain to counter hostilities towards racial and ethnic minorities and migrants, which have escalated after the vote to leave the European Union, and left schools and universities failing to engage with a multiracial- multicultural society.

About the author

Sally Tomlinson is an Emeritus Professor at Goldsmiths London University and an Honorary Fellow in the Education Department, University of Oxford. She began her teaching career in primary school in Wolverhampton, and has spent her academic career researching, writing and teaching about race and ethnicity, and the politics of education, especially 'special' education. She was a trustee of the African Education Trust for twenty years working in in Somalia and Somaliland and Kenya.

Summary

This book offers an historically informed discussion of the failure of the education systems in Britain to counter hostilities towards racial and ethnic minorities and migrants, which have escalated after the vote to leave the European Union, and left schools and universities failing to engage with a multiracial- multicultural society.

Product details

• Authors: Sally Tomlinson, Sally (Department of Education Tomlinson
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.04.2019
• EAN: 9781447345824
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-4582-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 544 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories