Constructions of Anti-racist Education in Britain and Canada.

Y

18

Activism; Comparative Education; Consciousness Raising; Cultural Pluralism; Educational Policy; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Ideology; Multicultural Education

Canada; United Kingdom (Great Britain)

0305-0068

Compares constructions of antiracist education and its emergence and growth in Canada (particularly Ontario) and Great Britain (particularly England and Wales). Argues that differing ideological characteristics of antiracism were shaped by particular national and local discourses of "racial," national, and political identity. Identifies key dilemmas faced by British and Canadian antiracist practitioners, activists, and scholars. Contains 75 references. (Author/SV)

1997

EJ536495