Equality and Ethnic Identities : Studies of Self-Concept, Child Abuse and Education in a Changing English Culture /
Ayikaaley Sawyerr, Alice Akoshia,author.
Adam Bagley, Christopher,author.
This book combines history, sociology, psychology and educational policy in research on a 40-year, crucial phase of development of ethnic identity, ethnic relations and educational and social policies for children in England, from pre-school to secondary school. The authors show how nursery children of different ethnicities interact in beginning their identity journeys in a culture of both inequality, and evolving ethnic relationships and patterns of harmony, in Britain's developing multicultural society. In looking at self-concept development in secondary school children through the lens of various kinds of child maltreatment, Alice Sawyerr and Christopher Bagley argue that ethnic minority children are psychological survivors, and African-Caribbean girls especially are making strong identity steps-it is the "poor whites" who will make up the precariat, the reserve army of labour, who are left behind in structures of inequality.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book combines history, sociology, psychology and educational policy in research on a 40-year, crucial phase of development of ethnic identity, ethnic relations and educational and social policies for children in England, from pre-school to secondary school. The authors show how nursery children of different ethnicities interact in beginning their identity journeys in a culture of both inequality, and evolving ethnic relationships and patterns of harmony, in Britain's developing multicultural society. In looking at self-concept development in secondary school children through the lens of various kinds of child maltreatment, Alice Sawyerr and Christopher Bagley argue that ethnic minority children are psychological survivors, and African-Caribbean girls especially are making strong identity steps-it is the "poor whites" who will make up the precariat, the reserve army of labour, who are left behind in structures of inequality.
Preliminary Material -- African and Russian Journeys -- Social Class, Ideology and Identity -- Critical Realism and Dialectical Critical Realism -- Child-Centred Humanism (CCH) -- Equality and Ethnicity in England 1968 To 2008 -- Ethnicity, Gender and Identity -- A Critical Realist Case Study of a Multi-Ethnic, Inner City Day Nursery -- Child Maltreatment and Mental Health -- Conclusions -- References -- Excluded Youth in Britain -- England's Sure Start Pre-School Child Care Centres -- About the Authors -- Index.
Children of minorities
Identity (Psychology) in children
Multicultural education