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A CRE eConference · 4-6 September 2007
Papers by keyword: 'community cohesion'
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Meeting the Educational Needs of Mixed Heritage Pupils: Challenges for Policy and Practice
Leon Tikly
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Leon Tikly, University of Bristol
Date posted
Tuesday 28 August 2007
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The aim of the article is to present evidence concerning the educational needs of mixed heritage pupils and in particular those of White/Black Caribbean origin and to outline the challenges for policy and practice in meeting the needs of these learners. The article draws on and extends the findings of original research (Tikly, Caballero, Haynes and Hill; 2004) which was sponsored by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and is the largest and most comprehensive study of its kind . The article will begin by outlining the evidence relating to the achievement of White/Black Caribbean pupils and the nature of the barriers to achievement facing this group. This will provide a basis for a discussion in the second part of the article about the challenges facing policy makers and practitioners.
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A mixed society should be a positive society
Graham Suppiah
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Graham Suppiah,
Date posted
Friday 24 August 2007
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A summary of issues facing mixed-race people/single parents with mixed-race children in today's society.
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Enigmatic or enriched?
Tod O'Brien
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Tod O'Brien,
Date posted
Monday 20 August 2007
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Personal experience of being a mixed heritage, British-born person. The paper emphasises the need for integration through the recruitment, retention and progression of Black and Minority Ethnic people into the policy making institutions of society to create an ethical and leveraging of diversity for the benefit of all.
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On being mixed race
Sir Keith Ajegbo
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Sir Keith Ajegbo, consultant
Date posted
Saturday 18 August 2007
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This is a personal reflection on being mixed race and what I see as the issues for mixed race children now. It is based on being a headteacher in inner London for many years and working with mixed race students. It is not based on researched evidence.
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Equality and mixed couples: the final frontier
Ashley Chisholm
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Ashley Chisholm, MixTogether.org
Date posted
Friday 17 August 2007
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This paper is drawn from the collective experience of MixTogether.org.
It addresses some of the difficulties facing couples who would like to mix.
It argues that years of work on equality have created an atmosphere where more and more young people have the confidence to mix. However, this also means that everyone who has supported equality now has an obligation to support mixed couples.
Many young mixed couples face strong family opposition. To allow this to continue unchecked, risks undermining the moral case for all work on equality. More importantly, it risks the happiness of young mixed couples. They should be given help to thrive, so that they can serve as an example to the rest of society.
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Mixed Race and Mixed Families in Britain: The Case of Growing up in a Mixed Faith Family
Dr Elisabeth Arweck
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Dr Elisabeth Arweck, University of Warwick
Date posted
Thursday 16 August 2007
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The present contribution presents a research project which is currently underway at the University of Warwick. It is concerned with the religious identity formation of young people who grow up in mixed faith families. The paper embeds the issues involved in the wider context of 'mixedness', communities, and cohesion.
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Black and White doesn't do the trick
Toby Laurent Belson
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Toby Laurent Belson, Artist and designer
Date posted
Thursday 16 August 2007
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Experience of growing up in a mixed West London community with the terms 'Black' and 'White'.
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The elephant in the room
Tanya Datta
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Tanya Datta, BBC
Date posted
Wednesday 15 August 2007
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Last year, journalist Tanya Datta made a documentary called 'The Last Taboo' for BBC Radio 4. In the programme, she explored inter-racial romance between Asian and African-Caribbean people and why it can often spark fierce opposition.
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Racial Identity - to have or to be
Isabel Adonis
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Isabel Adonis, writer
Date posted
Monday 13 August 2007
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Erich Fromm distinguishes two kinds of identity, characterized in terms of having and being. The 'having' identity is grounded in the external and material, while the 'being' identity is grounded within the person. I suggest that race is an external identity, and therefore both fragile and divisive.
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Identity as relationship
Bob Macintosh
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Bob Macintosh, amateur philosopher and charity worker
Date posted
Thursday 09 August 2007
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A personal reflection on being white in a mixed race family.
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