Asian children at home and at school : an ethnographic study / Ghazala Bhatti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bhatti, Ghazala.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East Indians--Education (Secondary)--Social aspects--Great Britain--Case studies.

East Indians.

Home and school--Great Britain--Case studies.

Home and school.

Educational anthropology--Great Britain--Case studies.

Educational anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 292p. ) maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text is a study of young Asian people aged 13-18 and their experiences at home and at school. The book explores issues of social class positions, gender and ethnicity.

This book is an ethnographic study of a comprehensive school in the south of England. It explores the views of teachers, Asian parents and their children concerning education and schooling. Young people between the ages of 13 and 18 were studied at home and at school and their experiences form the main focus of the study. The experiences of fifty Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Indian families - mostly of Muslim faith - are studied with a view to discovering what parents expect from their children's school and how the teachers perceive their own role with regard to their students. These young people are the first generation of Asians to be educated in Britain. Their location in terms of their social class positions, gender and ethnicity are inextricably bound together. They describe how they see their past and their future. This is the first study to take account of boys and girls in order to capture the complexity of their lived experiences. This book is an ethnographic study of a comprehensive school in the south of England. It explores the views of teachers, Asian parents and their children concerning education and schooling. Young people between the ages of 13 and 18 were studied at home and at school and their experiences form the main focus of the study. The experiences of fifty Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Indian families - mostly of Muslim faith - are studied with a view to discovering what parents expect from their children's school and how the teachers perceive their own role with regard to their students. These young people are the first generation of Asians to be educated in Britain. Their location in terms of their social class positions, gender and ethnicity are inextricably bound together. They describe how they see their past and their future. This is the first study to take account of boys and girls in order to capture the complexity of their lived experiences.

Contents:

1. Introduction 2. Asian parents and their two worlds 3. Asian parents: education and employment 4. The children's world 5. Hopes for the future 6. The gender factor 7. Good, bad and normal teachers 8. The teacher's tale 9. Conclusions

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-287) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-68596-3

1-134-68597-1

1-280-33835-0

0-203-26702-8

0-203-02675-6

9780203026755

OCLC:

70743371