Inspecting Schools for Race Equality: Ofsted's Strengths and Weaknesses - Couverture souple

Osler, Audrey

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 185856235X ISBN 13 : 9781858562353

Editeur : Trentham Books Ltd, 2000

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In response to the 1999 Macpherson Report on the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, the Government gave OFSTED lead responsibility for monitoring how schools address and prevent racism. This research, undertaken for the Commission for Racial Equality, evaluates how OFSTED is fulfilling that responsibility. Through a meticulous analysis of inspection reports and documents, the researchers reveal how, even where there is compelling evidence of racial inequalities in a school's educational provision, issues concerning ethnic differentials in attainment and exclusion rates, racial harassment or the support provided for pupils who have English as an additional language are rarely reported to teachers, parents and governors. From the HMI and contracted inspectors we learn something of the OFSTED culture and how both past and present frameworks, although apparently robust, frequently fail to deliver on race equality. Headteachers and LEA officers in three contrasting local authorities suggest ways in which the school inspection process might be improved so as to contribute effectively to the realisation of racial justice. This report is essential reading for teachers, governors, researchers and policy makers, and all who are concerned with improving standards and achieving race equality in education.

Biographie de l'auteur

Audrey Osler has published 18 books. Her latest, Students' Perspectives on Schooling, argues the future health of democratic societies demands we re-think relationships between adults and young people. Audrey and co-author H. Starkey are named 'two of the most influential scholars and practitioners of human rights education worldwide'. Girls and Exclusion won the Times Educational Supplement award for best academic book. Two books, Changing Citizenship and Development Education, have been translated into Japanese. Extracts from her first published work, Speaking Out: Black Girls in Britain, are used in English language textbooks across the globe to portray contemporary multicultural Britain.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Trentham Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 185856235X
• ISBN 13: 9781858562353
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 196
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible