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Supplementary Schools and Their Communities

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This chapter explores the notion of supplementary schooling and situates this field of schooling within a spectrum of discourses regarding the positioning of ethnic minority groups in the UK and the social dynamics of acculturation, including the factors that shape acculturation processes. Berry’s notion of acculturation is utilised as it accommodates for the consideration of multiple complex and interrelated factors that impact the experiences of ethnic minority communities. The chapter also addresses the negotiation of community identity and the efforts made to preserve, protect and, in some cases, recover desirable versions of it. This chapter effectively outlines the discursive context within which supplementary schools exist and to which they respond.

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Simon, A. (2018). Supplementary Schools and Their Communities. In: Supplementary Schools and Ethnic Minority Communities. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50057-1_2

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