Race and Ethnicity in Education

Citation

Aarora, R. (2006), "Race and Ethnicity in Education", Education + Training, Vol. 48 No. 7, pp. 542-543. https://doi.org/10.1108/et.2006.48.7.542.2

Race and Ethnicity in Education examines the relationship between policies and practices concerned with equal opportunities in schools and teacher‐training institutions. The central theme is the preparation of all teachers, through initial teacher training, to implement equal opportunities in schools and to provide education for a positively diverse society. A secondary theme is that of the recruitment, training and employment of minority‐ethnic teachers in British educational institutions. These themes are examined in the context of policies and practices as they have developed over the last two decades.

The book opens with a discussion about equality in the context of issues of quality. This is followed by a discussion of race and education in its historical context. There are historical and contemporary reviews of issues concentred with major aspects of teacher education in relation to ethnic minorities. Recent developments in initial teacher education and issues of partnership with schools are explored, with a view to identifying the needs of schools. The book ends with a detailed discussion of equality assurance in education, and offers a framework for permeation as well as an agenda for action for all concerned with education.

While the book is mainly of interest to teachers, student teachers, and staff in teacher‐training institutions, many of the points it makes will be of value to staff in further, higher and adult education.