Discrimination in Education: Methodology, Theory, and Empirics of Teachers' Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discriminatory Behavior
Abstract
In 'Discrimination in Education' the author makes methodological, theoretical, and empirical contributions to the study of discriminatory behavior by teachers towards students of different ethnicity, social class background, and gender. He reviews different motivations to study discrimination in education and beyond, provides an indepth discussion of numerous definitions of discrimination, and shows the potentials and limitations of theories from different disciplines to explain discrimination on the individual level and inequality between groups in the education system. In the empirical part of the book, the author examines the two major determinants of discrimination - prejudice and stereotypes - using data from the German General Social Survey (GGSS/ALLBUS) and the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS). The major empirical contribution in Discrimination in Education is an experimental study with a random sample of over 200 elementary school teachers. In this study, the author addresses several shortcomings of prior research. After discussing the complex findings of his experiment, he concludes by suggesting several routes future research should take to gather more evidence on discrimination in education, its determinants and consequences.
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