Bucking the Trend
by Abi Newman
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Overview
This article from ldr magazine, July, 2003 has relevance for principals working with students from different cultural backgrounds. It has a UK context, and discusses children from Caribbean communities. However the central issue has relevance to New Zealand: how to raise the achievement of minority students in urban settings. The article is based on interviews with headteachers from a number of London primary schools, and describes a range of successful interventions, including strengthening home/school relationships. There is also a link to the longer report on which the article is based.
Reflective questions
These reflective questions might guide you in your reading of this article:
- What interventions do you have in place for addressing the achievement of students from different cultural backgrounds?
- Can you think of instances where home/school contacts may have been useful?
Further reading
These NZCER and Ministry of Education links have relevance to this article:
Māori parents and education/Ko ngā mātua Māori me te mātauranga by Sheridan McKinley
Cultural issues that challenge traditional science teaching by Pauline Waiti and Rosemary Hipkins
Characteristics of professional development linked to enhanced pedagogy and children’s learning in early childhood settings: A best evidence synthesis by Linda Mitchell and Pam Cubey
Towards Making Achievement Cool: Achievement in Multicultural High Schools
References
Newman, A. (2003, July) Bucking the Trend. ldr. PDF added with permission from NCSL.
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Bucking the Trend (PDF 3 MB)
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