Curriculum diversity and social justice education: from New Labour to Conservative government control of education in England
Authors
Maylor, UvanneyAffiliation
University of BedfordshireIssue Date
2021-06-23
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Educational Research for Social JusticeAbstract
A retrospective lens is applied in this chapter to understand former New Labour government’s reasoning for advocating an ethnically diverse curriculum to be delivered in English schools; the role it saw the National Curriculum as playing in British society and in raising the attainment of ethnically diverse groups; together with how such expectations led to the commissioning of two National Curriculum diversity reports. Drawing on social justice perspectives, the chapter discusses how New Labour’s emphasis on recognising ethnically diverse students and British identities in the curriculum was rejected by subsequent Coalition and Conservative governments in favour of the negative positioning of student diversity through the Prevent agenda under the guise of threats to national security. The chapter concludes with discussion of the ‘public good’ and how an ethnically diverse curriculum can enhance the equality both of opportunity and of outcomes.Citation
Maylor U (2021) 'Curriculum diversity and social justice education: from New Labour to Conservative government control of education in England', in Ross A (ed.). Educational Research for Social Justice, Switzerland: Springer pp.223-247.Publisher
SpringerAdditional Links
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-62572-6_11Type
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enISBN
97830306257199783030625740
9783030625726
ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/978-3-030-62572-6_11