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List of contents
Introduction Editors’ Introduction, James Lynch, Celia Modgil, Sohan Modgil; Part 1 Discrimination and Inequality; Chapter 1 Employment, Education and Discrimination, John Eggleston; Chapter 2 Immigration, Ghettoization and Educational Opportunity, Martine Abdallah-Pretceille; Chapter 3 Immigration, Marginalization and Educational Opportunity, Micheline C. Rey-von Allmen; Chapter 3a Interchange; Chapter 4 The Dominant Nation: Subordinated Nations and Racial Inequalities, Jagdish Gundara; Part 2 Discrimination, Schooling and Achievement; Chapter 5 Schooling and Gender: The Cycle of Discrimination, Rosemary Deem; Chapter 6 Schooling and the Reproduction of Gender Relations, Sue Middleton; Chapter 6a Interchange; Chapter 7 Social Class, School Effectiveness and Cultural Diversity, Brian Davies; Chapter 8 Locus of Control, Academic Achievement and Fostering Internality, James Vasquez; Chapter 9 Cognitive Style and Academic Attainment, James Vasquez; Part 3 Values, Ideology and Social Justice; Chapter 10 Disproportionality, Education and Social Justice, Lois Weis; Chapter 11 ‘Nations at Risk’ and ‘National Curriculum’: Ideology and Identity, Ivor Goodson; Chapter 12 Antiracism versus New Multiculturalism: Moving beyond the Interminable Debate, Mal Leicester; Chapter 13 Freedom of Speech in the Multicultural Society, Chris Wilkins; Chapter 13a Interchange; Chapter 14 British Values, Liberal Values or Values of Justice and Equality: Three Approaches to Education in Multicultural Britain, Mike Cole; Chapter 14a Interchange; epilogue Epilogue; Chapter 0 The Dilemma for Cultural Diversity: Education for Equity and Excellence, James Lynch, Celia Modgil, Sohan Modgil;
About the author
James Lynch works for the World Bank in Washington, specializing in education projects in least developed countries in Asia. Celia Modgil is Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Undergraduate Teacher Education at Goldsmith’s College, University of London. Sohan Modgil is Reader in Educational Research and Development at Brighton Polytechnic.
Summary
Addresses the accommodation of social equity with cultural diversity in educational terms. The book seeks to find the pathways to a less selfish and parochial response to the problem with new approaches and policies.
