Travellers and Home Education by Kate D'arcy

Travellers and Home Education by Kate D'arcy

Elective home education (EHE) is a legal alternative to school in England but the statutory requirements for provision are remarkably vague. This book explores the use of EHE by Gypsy and Traveller families. The accounts of their experiences and their views about education spaces reveal the racism and discrimination their children encounter in school, and how Gypsies and Travellers still lose out when they opt for EHE.

The voices of Gypsies and Travellers are seldom heard. The stories they tell here give insight into the stereotypical assumptions based on the pejorative portrayals that are peddled in the media and echoed in the mainstream literature, which too often shape the scripts of the education providers.

Kate D'Arcy brings the insights offered by the Travellers together with a searching analysis of EHE provision to yield valuable new understandings about inequality in education. Travellers and Home Education is essential reading for teachers and educational managers, students, academics, policy makers and for the Traveller communities. The critical appraisal of race and racism will particularly interest those who are passionate about working towards social justice.

D'Arcy, Kate: - Kate D'Arcy is currently acting principal lecturer in the department of Applied Social Studies at the University of Bedfordshire.

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ISBN 13	9781858565545
ISBN 10	1858565545
Titel	Travellers and Home Education
Autor	Kate D'arcy
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Institute of Education Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2014-06-26
Seitenanzahl	116
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.