| How can teachers incorporate specialist expertise into teaching ethnic minority pupils? |
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Ethnic minority pupils who are struggling at school respond positively to specialist input into their learning. Teachers can draw on support from colleagues, adults and parents with specialist expertise in ethnic minority achievement to increase the effectiveness of support for individual pupil’s development. 
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You may find it helpful to work in class with a colleague who is either a specialist or has more experience of working with ethnic minorities than yourself. You could also plan the lesson together identifying the teaching objectives for the different groups in the class. You will probably find discussing the reasons for approaching work differently for different groups of pupils helpful as gathering a range of perspectives will help you to expand your sense of possibilities. Moving forward Having worked with a more experienced colleague to expand your repertoire of teaching and learning techniques, you may also have gained a better understanding about your minority pupils. Would it now make sense to consider involving parents in pupil’s learning? Could you run a homework or revision club for pupils with the help of parents? This could be a good way of fostering relationships with parents as well as supporting pupils’ learning. Find out more  Find out more about successful multi-ethnic schools at:http://www.gtce.org.uk/research/romtopics/rom_inclusion/difference1/ Find out more about parental involvement in ethnic minority pupils’ schooling at: http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/research/themes/numeracy/parents/ Find out more about the progress of ethnic minority pupils at secondary school at: http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/research/themes/inclusion/WedJul21300442003/ |
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