British-born Black African Youth and Educational Social Capital

British-born Black African Youth and Educational Social Capital - Routledge Studies on African and Black Diaspora

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book examines the extent to which British-born Black African youth have access to opportunities and support during their pre-school, primary school and secondary school years.

Through the voice of British-born Black African youth, this book explores why and how some racial-ethnic and linguistic minority students fail academically while students from other linguistic minorities excel despite coming from similar socio-economic backgrounds. Drawing on interpretive-qualitative research analysis, the author demonstrates the racial dimension of social capital in education that challenges the traditional social capital theory, which recodes structural notions of racial inequality as primarily cultural, social, and human capital processes and interactions. In contrast to the focus on achievement gaps, the concept of opportunity gaps shows how and why language policies have shaped the educational experiences and outcomes of linguistic minority students.

This book will be of interest to policy makers, practitioners and scholars of Multicultural Education, Black and African Diaspora Studies and Educational Sociology.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780367433635
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 371.82996041
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 192
Weight: 436g
Height: 160mm
Width: 241mm
Spine width: 18mm