Along with other ethnic minorities, Black Caribbean students continue to be amongst the poorest achieving groups in English schools. Additionally, black history remains significantly underrepresented in the English National Curriculum. This dissertation project researched whether introducing more black history into the English National Curriculum could be a strategy for increasing academic satisfaction and reducing underachievement of Black Caribbean students. The documentary review examined the central theme of knowledge and power and the aims and values of the current National Curriculum for England. It also explored Critical Race Theory (CRT), specifically applying the concepts of interest-convergence and interestdivergence to the National Curriculum and the role of ‘acting white’ in black underachievement. Finally, the documentary review also examined the impact of social media and TV and explored how they were utilised in the portrayal of the black community. A cross-sectional design approach was used to gather views from a subsection of the Black community. The findings from the semi-structured, conversational interviews were applied to theory and used to inform the recommendations made in the conclusion.
The full text of these resource are only available to Oxford Brookes staff and students. Please login to RADAR if you are a student or member of staff
Medley, Rachel
Rights Holders: Medley, Rachel Supervisors: Percival, James
School of EducationFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
MA Education
2021
© Medley, Rachel Published by Oxford Brookes UniversityAll rights reserved