PROTOCOL: Universal Preschool- and School-Based Education Programmes for Reducing Ethnic Prejudice and Promoting Respect for Diversity among Children Aged 3-11--A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

There is an abundance of available literature on ethnic prejudice among children that spans almost a century. While there have been a number of attempts to review and synthesise this literature, each has been restricted in one or more respects. Firstly, existing studies tend not to be systematic in their approach to identifying the relevant literature. Secondly, some reviews do not use meta-analytic techniques. Thirdly there are reviews that are not always specific to education. Fourthly, there are reviews that tend to be focused on one particular intervention technique. Fifthly and finally, there are reviews that focus on more general outcomes such as social exclusion across many forms of prejudice and so fail to provide a direct understanding of ethnic prejudice specifically. In contrast, this proposed review will be thorough and systematic in its approach to identifying eligible studies and also wide-ranging and inclusive in seeking to compare the effectiveness of all school-based approaches to reducing ethnic prejudice and promoting respect for diversity among children aged 3-11.