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Critical Race Theory and Education: Racism and anti-racism in educational theory and praxis.
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Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education . Mar2006, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p11-32. 22p. 1 Chart. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- What is Critical Race Theory (CRT) and what does it offer educational researchers and practitioners outside the US? This paper addresses these questions by examining the recent history of anti-racist research and policy in the UK. In particular, the paper argues that conventional forms of anti-racism have proven unable to keep pace with the development of increasingly racist and exclusionary education polices that operate beneath a veneer of professed tolerance and diversity. In particular, contemporary anti-racism lacks clear statements of principle and theory that risk reinventing the wheel with each new study; it is increasingly reduced to a meaningless slogan; and it risks appropriation within a reformist “can do” perspective dominated by the de-politicized and managerialist language of school effectiveness and improvement. In contrast, CRT offers a genuinely radical and coherent set of approaches that could revitalize critical research in education across a range of inquiries, not only in self-consciously “multicultural” studies. The paper reviews the developing terrain of CRT in education, identifying its key defining elements and the conceptual tools that characterize the work. CRT in education is a fast-changing and incomplete project but it can no longer be ignored by the academy beyond North America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01596306
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20063160
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01596300500510229