jan 1, 1980 - 1980-1990 Multicultural Education

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- Policies aimed to raised standards by valuing ethnic minority cultures in mainstream curriculum
- Believed that this would raise standards by raising the self esteem of minority pupils
- Stone does not believe that low self esteem is the reason for black pupils underachieving
- Others believe it is tokenism - saris, samosas and steel bands. Takes stereotypical features and incorporate them into education but does not tackle institutionalised racism
- New Right criticises MCE for perpetuating cultural divisions.

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