How the West Indian Child is made educationally sub-normal in the British School System (5th Edition)

Bernard Coard, Paul Mackney, Jeremy Corbyn, Hubert Devonish

ISBN 13: 9798703252703

Edité par Independently published 02/b /03 F, 2021

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• Titre: How the West Indian Child is made educationally sub-normal in the British School System (5th Edition)
• Éditeur: Independently published 02/b /03 F
• Date de parution: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9798703252703
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

50th Anniversary Expanded 5th edition:

"Back in 1971 when this booklet was first published, the principal Weapons of Mass Suppression, or WMS, of Black Caribbean children’s educational and life prospects were the ESN school, ESN streams and ‘Remedial’ classes in regular schools. New versions of WMS appeared over the ensuing decades, as the original model, and each replacement, met with Black Caribbean resistance and even open protest. In each case, the objective of these ‘new’ iterations was not to concentrate more resources and more experienced and skilled teachers to meet the needs of the children designated as ‘in Special Educational Need (SEN)’, but rather to assign less of these resources, and less experienced teachers to their care. It was a dustbin solution, not a lifting-the-child-up operation. It was a life sentence, not a life-line to greater opportunities. The last 50 years has taught us not to rely on pleas to or the goodwill of those running the system to effect the changes our children need. Just as we did a half-century ago and since, we have to accept that future progress for our children on all fronts depends on our actions, our initiatives..." — Bernard Coard (Extract from the Preface)

This Edition also includes:

• INTRODUCTION by Paul Mackney, Former General Secretary, University & Colleges Union (UK)
• FOREWORD by Jeremy Corbyn, MP, former Leader of the Opposition, Britain Parliament
• PART TWO: Republished article written by the Author in 2004 on "Why I Wrote the ‘ESN Book’: 30 Years On"

• PART THREE: "50 Years On" Essay by Hubert Devonish, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, The University of The West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

Bernard Coard taught at his secondary school in Grenada on leaving at 18 and at Brandeis University’s ‘Upward Bound’ Summer Programme at 20 and 21. He studied at Brandeis University (Massachusetts, USA) and then Sussex University (UK). During the late 1960s and early '70s, Bernard ran youth clubs in Southeast London for children attending seven so-called ESN schools and taught at two others in East London. He subsequently taught at The University of The West Indies and at the Institute of Higher Studies, Netherlands Antilles. For 20 years, Coard set up and ran the Richmond Hill Prison Education Programme, Grenada (basic literacy to London University postgraduate degrees). He continues to teach at university level as a guest lecturer, in person and online.