Another Spanner in the Works

Moving on from the acclaimed Spanner in the Works, a new team in Cumbria describes how teachers in white areas can challenge attitudes and help children develop respect for diversity, understanding of interdependence and skills of openness and acceptance. It tackles the hard issues of negative perceptions and prejudice.

It offers a mix of stories of effective practice in white schools, and practical sessions on, for instance, uncovering the attitudes held by teachers, govenors, support staff and children and their perceptions of other countries. Like its predecessor, it will have relevance in white areas far beyond Cumbria.