Ethnic Minorities Reject the Remote State
Opposition to the state provision of schooling is commonly seen as coming from middle-class parents who expect their chiren to be ‘achievers’ Roger Homan, Principal Lecturer in Education of Brighton Polytechnic, reveals how this offifude patronises workers and ethnic minorities alike, and examines their spontaneous efforts to provide independent independent education for their children
Education Vouchers—Evolution or Revolution?
The Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Education, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and other Ministers have spoken of the school voucher. The Secretary of State invited two organisations to comment on ‘difficulties’ raised by his officials. One, FEVER (Friends of the Education Voucher Experiment in Representative Regions), invited 15 of its advisers round the world to respond. This article is based on the reply from Professor E.G. West.
Historias de mi barrio: contemporary art in a community at high risk of social exclusion
Abstract Historias de mi barrio is a piece of pedagogic research aimed at highlighting the way art can articulate the relationship between the educational context and a neighbourhood at high risk of social exclusion. The starting point for this study was to ask whether this type of research, centred around the arts, was suitable in complex contexts and whether it might eventually lead to pedagogic improvement. The results gathered, and indeed the work carried out by the artists and university lecturers involved, together with pupils 6–12 years old and their instructors in a state school, provide evidence of a positive answer – and notably of the necessity of knowing about the socio-economic reality of the student cohort when planning learning projects and of the importance of the arts as a crucial element in education.