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Greek-Cypriot teachers' constructions of Turkish-speaking children's identities: critical race theory and education in a conflict-ridden society
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Abstract This article examines Greek-Cypriot teachers' constructions of Turkish-speaking children's identities in the Greek-Cypriot educational system. Drawing on interviews and classroom observations from a two-year ethnographic study conducted in three primary schools in the Republic of Cyprus, the author ... mehr
This article examines Greek-Cypriot teachers' constructions of Turkish-speaking children's identities in the Greek-Cypriot educational system. Drawing on interviews and classroom observations from a two-year ethnographic study conducted in three primary schools in the Republic of Cyprus, the author explores how Turkish-speaking children enrolled in these schools are racialised, ethnicised and classed within the dominant discourse of Greek-Cypriot teachers. The article discusses how the homogenised perceptions expressed by the majority of participating teachers in this study are illustrative of structural racism that reinforces these constructions in teaching practices. Yet at the same time, resistance is present in the discourse and practice of a few teachers; this resistance is expressed through a counter-positioning of the 'normal/ised' identities of Turkish-speaking children. The author argues that without structural transformation, the fact and practice of racism/ nationalism/ classism will go unaltered in schools.... weniger
Klassifikation
Migration
soziale Probleme
Makroebene des Bildungswesens
Freie Schlagwörter
racism; Cyprus; schools; identity; ethnography; resistance; nationalism; education; ethnic conflict; multiculturalism
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2010
Seitenangabe
S. 1372-1391
Zeitschriftentitel
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 33 (2010) 8
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/01419871003678999
Status
Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)