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Resisting racism: Race, inequality, and the Black supplementary school movement - Kehinde Andrews

Resisting Racism

In this inspirational book, Professor Kehinde Andrews looks at how the Black supplementary school movement developed in the UK over a 50-year period. He outlines the dynamic nature of the movement and the role volunteers, teachers, parents, churches and community groups played in developing it.

The book explores the history of supplementary schools, and the experiences of those who have been involved with them. It argues that the movement played a key role in combatting educational inequality and improving the life chances of Black children in mainstream schooling.

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It's Not Just About Black and White, Miss: Children's Awareness of Race – Sally Elton-Chalcraft

Its not just about Black and White Miss

‘It's not just about Black and White, miss’ focuses on primary school children’s attitudes towards race and cultural diversity in the UK. In the book, Sally Elton-Chalcraft interviews nine and ten year olds from two mostly white schools and two ethnically diverse schools. In recording their views on race and culture, she found that they had ‘internalised the prevailing western mindset – whatever their own ethnicity’.

The author puts the children’s views into context, using both her observations of school life and teachers’ views and practices. The book is enlightening and enjoyable and, whilst it’s likely to interest primary school teachers and trainees, it’s also food for thought for senior leaders.

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We’ve selected two books to kick off our Meddwl Mawr recommendations. Both books look at different aspects of pedagogy and they are available for free on EBSCO.

 
Make it Stick - Peter C. Brown, Mark A. McDaniel and Henry L Roediger

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This engaging book on the science of learning offers useful advice to teachers, trainers, students and others interested in lifelong-learning and self-improvement, arguing that 'learning is deeper and more durable when it’s effortful. Learning that’s easy is like writing in sand, here today and gone tomorrow'.

Drawing on cognitive psychology and other fields, Make it Stick suggests techniques for becoming more productive learners and argues these are often counterintuitive. Brown, McDaniel and Roediger also argue that taking a positive attitude towards one’s own abilities and willingness to ‘tackle the hard stuff’ can play a crucial role in enabling an individual to achieve their goals.

 

The Expert Learner: challenging the myth of ability - Gordon Stobart

The Expert Learner

What do Amadeus Mozart and David Beckham have in common? This is the question that that Gordon Stobart poses at the beginning of The Expert Learner. Attacking the ‘myth of ability’, Stobart argues that, like many others who achieve excellence within their field, Mozart and Beckham did so largely as a result of practice and tenacity, rather than innate ability or genetic fortune.

The Expert Learner highlights the importance of good teaching practice in developing ability. Using engaging examples from sport, science, medicine and music, Stobart examines the most effective ways of supporting and developing skills and also addresses how teachers (and leaders) can motivate the unmotivated and stretch their higher achieving students.

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