Asian Children at Home and at School - An Ethnographic Study

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.

List of 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

About the author

Ghazala Bhatti

Summary

This book is an ethnographic study of the comprehensive school in the south of England. It explores the views of teachers, Asian parents and their children concerning education and schooling.

Product details

• Authors: Ghazala Bhatti, Bhatti Ghazala
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.1999
• EAN: 9780415174985
• ISBN: 978-0-415-17498-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Weight: 589 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, EDUCATION / Administration / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, Social issues & processes, Educational administration and organization, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Moral and social purpose of education, Social and ethical issues, Age groups: adolescents, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Moral & social purpose of education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General