educational policies

• policies on gender 


  -equal opportunities policies > GIST & WISE

  -national curriculum > coursework & equality in subjects

  -impact of feminism

  -higher education more open to women
• policies on ethnicity

  -assimilation > encouraging absorption into British culture

  -multicultural education > valuing all cultures in curriculum (Black History Month to raise self-esteem)

  -social inclusion > of minority groups to raise their achievement
• criticisms of assimilation


  -victim blaming > ignores poverty & racism
• criticisms of multicultural education

  -misguided > minorities not lacking self-esteem

  -critical race theorists argue it doesn't tackle institutional racism

  -New Right argues it perpetuates cultural divisions, should learn British culture
• examples of social inclusion

  -monitoring exam results by ethnicity

  -placing legal duty on schools to promote racial equality

  -English as an Additional Language programme
• criticism of social inclusion

  -still doesn't tackle the structural causes of ethnic inequality