Description
Product ID: | 9780367630300 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Routledge Studies on African and Black Diaspora |
Title: | British-born Black African Youth and Educational Social Capital |
Authors: | Author: Alganesh Messele |
Page Count: | 180 |
Subjects: | Ethnic studies, Ethnic studies, Sociology, Philosophy and theory of education, Educational strategies and policy, Educational strategies and policy, Regional geography, Sociology, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Multicultural education, Regional geography |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This book examines the extent to which British-born Black African youth have access to opportunities and support during their pre-school, primary school and secondary school years. This book examines the extent to which British-born Black African youth have access to opportunities and support during their pre-school, primary school and secondary school years. Through the voice of British-born Black African youth, this book explores why and how some racial-ethnic and linguistic minority students fail academically while students from other linguistic minorities excel despite coming from similar socio-economic backgrounds. Drawing on interpretive-qualitative research analysis, the author demonstrates the racial dimension of social capital in education that challenges the traditional social capital theory, which recodes structural notions of racial inequality as primarily cultural, social, and human capital processes and interactions. In contrast to the focus on achievement gaps, the concept of opportunity gaps shows how and why language policies have shaped the educational experiences and outcomes of linguistic minority students. This book will be of interest to policy makers, practitioners and scholars of Multicultural Education, Black and African Diaspora Studies and Educational Sociology. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-05-31 |