Antiracism Education? A Study of an Antiracism Workshop in Finland

In doing antiracism education there is a risk that it can in effect reinforce the very racialisation it is supposed to fight against. This paradox becomes a formidable challenge given the ubiquity of race in contemporary ways of knowing and ways of being for both its subjects and its objects: more so in an era of “racism without race,” a neoliberal attempt to move beyond racism without fully coming to terms with racial histories and their accompanying racialising consequences. This study examines the challenges of doing antiracism education within a multiculturalist framework using the case of KYTKE, a non-governmental organisation project in upper-secondary schools in Finland. We argue that when antiracism education fails to critically examine power relations in established traditions and knowledge or when it does not genuinely prioritise knowledge generated through the creative resistance of racialised groups, it can participate in re-inscribing racialised social relations.     

约翰·霍普金斯大学本科教育委员会总结报告介述

约翰.霍普金斯大学于2002年1月成立本科教育委员会(CUE),发动了一场新的本科教育改革。该委员会分成四个小组,经过一年的努力分别从学术体验、学术咨询与就业指导、多样性、学生生活等方面对本科教育进行了详细审视,并在征求各方意见的基础上,于2003年5月15日发表了《霍普金斯大学本科教育委员会总结报告》。     

Racial/ethnic differences in Medicaid expenditures on psychotropic medications among maltreated children

This study quantifies racial/ethnic differences in Medicaid expenditures on psychotropic drugs among a national sample of children with suspected maltreatment. We linked 4,445 child participants in the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) – consisting of children investigated for suspected abuse and neglect – to their Medicaid claims obtained from 36 states. We used propensity score matching to construct a comparison group of children without known child welfare involvement, and estimated two-part generalized linear models to examine differences in annual psychotropic drug expenditures per child between children of different races/ethnicities. When compared to a matched sample of children, African American and Latino children incur $292 and $144 less expenditures on psychotropic drugs, respectively, than white children. Among NSCAW children alone, African American children display $614 less spending on psychotropic drugs when compared to white children. Racial/ethnic differences in expenditures on psychotropic drugs occur among all children on Medicaid, but the differences are especially pronounced among African American children in contact with the child welfare system. These findings demonstrate that policymakers will need to pay special attention to the needs of children of color as Medicaid expansions proceed nationwide.     

透视美国小班化教育改革浪潮

自20世纪70年代以来，小班化教育就已成为美国政府和民众所青睐的教育革新措施之一，90年代左右的两份权威的实验性研究报告：田纳西州的STAR计划和威斯康星州的SAGE计划终于推动小班化教育成为席卷美国教育改革的浪潮，但美国的教育学者们也从实施中发现了小班化改革的不少问题，其教育决策者们开始关注小班化之外的其他教育改革措施。     

关于发展民族地区职业教育的思考—贵州民族职业教育调查报告

中国的职业教育与发达国家和地区相比还存在很在原差距。以贵州省的民族职业教育为例,阻碍民族职业教育发展的原因,一是大部分民族地区仍处于产食经济阶段,市场发育不健全,职业分化和行业成不明显,二是由于计划经济体制下某些环节的失控对及剪刀差政策的推行,使得民族地区已有的一些职业分化和行业分成不但没有发展,反而萎缩,使民族职业教育失去了生存的基础,民族地区的职业教育要走出困境,必须以各种方式促进其职业分化和行业分成,立足于民族地区的实际,使民族地区的职业教育与其社会经济的发展接轨。     

The one-in-ten: quantitative Critical Race Theory and the education of the ‘new (white) oppressed’

ABSTRACT

This paper challenges the notion that quantitative data – as a numeric truth – exist independent of a nation’s political and racial landscape. Utilising large-scale national attainment data, the analysis challenges the belief that ‘White working class’ children in England, especially boys, are ‘the new oppressed’ – as a former equality adviser has publicly claimed. The analysis applies Quantitative Critical Race Theory, or ‘QuantCrit’, an emerging quantitative sub-field of Critical Race Theory in education. The paper argues that far from being ‘oppressed’, White boys continue to enjoy achievement advantages over numerous minoritised groups; especially their peers of Black Caribbean ethnic origin. Additionally, the analysis uniquely exposes racialised trends of ‘equivalency’ in core subject qualifications, whereby minority ethnic children are over-represented in certain lower-status qualifications that are counted as equivalent in education statistics but not in the real world labour market. The analysis concludes that knowing misrepresentations of quantitative data are at the heart of an institutional process through which race and racism are produced, legitimised and perpetuated in education.     

蒙藏委员会与民国时期的边疆教育

蒙藏委员会是民国时期政府设立的专门负责管理蒙藏等少数民族地区事务的机构。蒙藏委员会对于边疆少数民族地区的教育起了一定的推动作用。民国时期,边疆少数民族地区的教育水平得到了一定程度的发展,民族意识也得到了一定的加强。     

“I Think About It All The Time”: A 12-Year-Old Girl’s Internal Crisis With Racism and the Effects on her Mental Health

I conducted an ethnographic study, situated within the conceptual framework of Critical Race Theory, which illustrates one child’s experiences with racism. The study was conducted in an urban after-school program, and explores issues of racism in both the school and community settings. Utilizing the storytelling aspect of Critical Race Theory, I explore the racial experiences of a 12-year-old African-American girl, and the dichotomous emotions of sadness and anger that emerge. I describe the risk to this child’s emotional well-being, and suggest a need within the mental health field to create a framework to deal with the trauma caused by racism. Amy L. Masko is affiliated with the Grand Valley State University. She is a professor of English Education, preparing pre-service teachers to teach elementary literacy. Dr. Masko’s research interests are in urban education, after school programs, and multicultural education. She is also an educational consultant in the area of diversity in education and literacy education. Address correspondence to Amy L. Masko, Grand Valley State University, 221 Lake Huron Hall Allendale, MI 49401; e-mail: maskoa@gvsu.edu     

Exploring teachers’ beliefs and feelings about race and police violence

ABSTRACT

In this article, the authors analyzed White teachers’ open-ended responses to three critical items on the Teachers’ Race Talk Survey (TRTS). The authors focused on: (1) teachers’ beliefs about the importance of discussing race in the classroom with their students; (2) teachers’ feelings of preparedness to have race conversations in the classroom with their students; and (3) teachers’ beliefs about discussing, in class, police violence against Black people. Findings showed that while most White teachers believed race was important to discuss in order to unlearn and disrupt their prior beliefs, the majority described fear as a primary factor for feeling unprepared to actually discuss race in the classroom. Despite their beliefs about the importance of race, teachers’ beliefs about police violence against Black bodies reflect a color-blind approach by either viewing police violence as a natural occurrence or minimizing the role that race plays. To continue developing teachers’ critical knowledge related to race, the authors discuss implications for examining the quality of race-centered curriculum in teacher education programs and they pose broader questions related to the evolving knowledge base for teaching.     

Ontario’s Plowden Report: British influence on Canadian education in the 1960s

Treading in the footsteps of past generations, Ontario policy advisers journeyed throughout the United Kingdom in the summer of 1966 to directly understand the educational reforms that were being undertaken in that country. On their return, these consultants brought back a number of innovations for discussion with their parent committee in the hopes of possible adaptation by the province. When their final submission was tabled two years later, the ‘Hall-Dennis Report’ (as it became popularly known) went on to reflect the tone for education in the province for a generation. This study examines the impact that Britain’s educational policies in the 1960s, and especially the ‘Plowden Report’ of 1967, may have had on the recommendations found in the Hall-Dennis Report. As well, it ties these two reports to the longstanding legacy of British influence on the Ontario education system ^{1 1}A first version of this work was presented at the History of Education Society Conference, held in London, 26–28 November 2010. Thanks are expressed to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for its support of this endeavour. .     

改革开放40年民族预科教育研究的回顾与展望

改革开放四十年来,民族预科教育迎来繁荣发展阶段,开始探索建立大学预科教育学科理论。在民族预科教育发展历史、民族预科教育定位及政策、民族预科教育教学研究及思想政治教育、民族预科生的管理等方面取得丰硕成果。另外学术研讨平台的搭建也促进了民族预科理论的进一步完善。只有承认民族预科教育的差异性,才能在新时期更加准确的定位民族预科。     

改革开放40年来我国民族高等教育研究的发展历程及其主题演化趋势

改革开放40年来,我国民族高等教育研究经历了以"复苏与发展"为中心的启动阶段、以"改革与提质"为中心的探索阶段和以"内涵式发展"为中心的深化阶段的发展历程,取得了丰硕研究成果,逐步形成了多元化的研究趋势。但同时也存在系列问题:研究成果层次低、质量不高,研究主题相对封闭滞后、研究方法缺乏系统性和学科性等。为此,在未来发展空间拓展上,民族高等教育研究需仔细斟酌每个社会阶段的发展需求和热点问题,当前可从中华民族共同体意识培育、"双一流"建设、精准扶贫以及"一带一路"倡议等方面拓展和把握,凸显我国民族高等教育研究的前瞻性和时代性。     

现代远程教育在民族高校的实现探析

随着信息技术的飞速发展,运用现代远程教育为民族高校建设和民族地区教育服务,具有深刻的现实意义和长远的战略眼光。本文从民族高校开展现代远程教育的教学形式、教学资源建设、远程教育技术支持等方面进行了探讨和分析,提出了在民族高校实现远程教育的途径。