Full Description
First Published in 2005. The phrase 'education of minorities' raises a variety of questions. As a World Yearbook theme it demands clarification. We are using the word 'minority' to refer not to relative numbers but to 'the condition of being inferior or subordinate'. This could be taken to include students with a variety of handicaps - physical, intellectual, socioeconomic, cultural; pupils with low literacy or language problems; and victims of race or sex discrimination. However, this book concentrates on the problems of students who are disadvantaged by differences of culture and language, especially ethnic minorities who do not possess the background, attributes and skills of the dominant group and are thus distanced from the sources of power and status in the country they inhabit.
Contents
Part 1: Concepts, issues and trends 1. Culture, ethnicity and education: multiculturalism in a plural society 2. Psychological and linguistic aspects of minority education 3. Trends in educational response to multicultural challenge Part 2: National policies for minority group education 4. The education of linguistic minorities in the USSR 5. The education of minorities in Canada: an examination of policies 6. Changing policies toward the education of minority groups in China 7. Minority group interests within nation-building policies in Africa 8. Education and race relations in the UK Part 3: Issues in the relationship between majority and minority languages 9. Language and social structure in Welsh education 10. The Chinese community in Malaysia: language policies and relationships 11. Puerto Rican children in American mainland schools 12. Language policies in West and East Africa Part 4: Educational opportunity for minority groups: the research reviewed 13. Equality of educational opportunity in Zimbabwe: past and future 14. Educational opportunity for minority group children in Canada 15. Education and occupational aspirations of young South Asians in Britain 16. Educational opportunity for minority groups: Australian research reviewed Part 5: Innovations in minority group education17. Cross-cultural education in Alaska 18. The American Indian's language and culture in US education 19. Materials and methods for teaching Aboriginal children in Australia 20. In-service education for the teaching of minority groups in England and Wales 21. Teacher education for a multicultural society: courses at Bradford College 22. Immigrant workers (Gastarbeiter) in West Germany: teaching programmes for adults and children Part 6: Bibliography and biographical notes
