Education, Race and Ethnicity: Inequalities in Europe
EQ307
Year 2
Optional Core for BA Education Studies
Term 2
10 Weeks
3 Hours
15 CATS
Presentation, 2500 Word Essay
What is this module about?
This module explores the links between race, ethnicity and educational inequalities in Europe and will enhance your knowledge of how race and ethnicity are conceptualised in education in different national contexts. You will explore the complexities of racial and ethnic inequalities and the way they impact on the education of particular populations and facilitate a comparative analysis of different educational approaches to diversity and their application in practice. You will also explore the ways in which race and ethnicity intersect with gender and faith to shape educational experiences and outcomes.
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Learning outcomes:
On completion of the module you are expected to:
- Understand the key concepts of ‘race’ and ethnicity and recognize their link with educational inequalities in selected European countries;
- Identify different ways of conceptualising ‘race’ and ethnicity in European educational systems and understand their development and applications over time
- Understand and be able to analyse the various and complex ways in which inequalities of ‘race’ and ethnicity impact on the educational outcomes of particular populations
- Be able to contextualise and critically compare policies and practice in relation to diversity in education in specific national and European frameworks;
- Understand the intersection between ‘race’/ethnicity, gender and faith in particular European educational systems and the impact of intersecting inequalities on particular populations.
Sample reading list:
Archer, Louise and Becky Francis (2007) Understanding Minority Ethnic Achievement – Race, Gender class and ‘success’, Abingdon: Routledge.
Bochaca, J. G. (2006). Ethnic minorities and the Spanish and Catalan educational systems - from exclusion to intercultural education, International Journal of Intercultural Relations 30:
261-279.
Carrera, Sergio and Geyer, Florian (2009) EU Policy on Education: the Impact on the Social Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups, CEPS Special Report, 2009.
Horst, Christian (2010) Intercultural Education in Denmark - A Report to International Alliance of Leading Educational Institutes (IALEI). Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark
Law, I. and Swann, S. (2011) Ethnicity and Education in England and Europe: gangstas, geeks and gorjas, Farnham: Ashgate.
Molnar, Emilia and Csaba Dupcsik (2008) Country Report on Education: Hungary, EDUMIGROM Background papers, Center For Policy Studies, Central European University.
NUS (2011) Race for Equality- A report on the experiences of Black students in further and higher education, London: National Union of Students
Sedgwick, Mark (ed) (2015) Making European Muslims – Religious Socialization among Young Muslims in Scandinavia and Western Europe, New York: Routledge
Schiff, Claire et al (2008) Country Report on Education: France, EDUMIGROM Background papers, Center For Policy Studies, Central European University.
Szalai, Julia, ed. (2011) Contested Issues of Social Inclusion through Education in Multiethnic Communities across Europe EDUMIGROM Final Study, Budapest: Central European University, Center for Policy Studies
Tomlinson, Sally (2009) Race and Education – Policy and politics in Britain, Maidenhead: Open University Press
Walters, S. (2012) Ethnicity, race and education : an introduction, New York: Continuum
Vertovec, S., Wessendorf, S. (Eds.) (2010). Multiculturalism Backlash – European Discourses, Policies and Practices. Routledge, London.