Mirza, Heidi (2006) 'Race', gender and educational desire. Race, Ethnicity and Education, 9 (2). pp. 137-158. ISSN Print: 1361-3324 Online: 1470-109X
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Abstract
In the government, media, and public mind the relationship between 'race' and education is overwhelmingly negative. In Britain when we talk of 'black and ethnic minorities in schools' we think of underachievement, rising exclusions and low aspirations. However, research evidence shows racialised people, particularly the women, have a positive and enduring relationship with education. Drawing on historical, archival, personal and research evidence, this article, which is drawn for the text of an inaugural professorial lecture, looks at the pervasive myths behind the link between 'race and education' and asks, "Why is there a crisis in 'multicultural education' in 21st Century Britain?" The author argues that by understanding the black and Asian collective desire for education, we can begin to reclaim the meaning of education, reinstating it as a radical site of resistance and refutation, so evident in the postcolonial experience.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This is an electronic version of an article published in Mirza, Heidi (2006) 'Race', gender and educational desire. Race, Ethnicity and Education, 9 (2). pp. 137-158. Race, Ethnicity and Education is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/13613320600696623 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Ethnicity Gender |
| Subjects: | Departments > Education Foundations and Policy Studies |
| Depositing User: | IOE Repository Editor (2) |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Mar 2010 14:50 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2012 22:29 |
| URI: | http://eprints.ioe.ac.uk/id/eprint/2424 |
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