1st Edition
Asian Children at Home and at School An Ethnographic Study
By Ghazala Bhatti
Copyright 1999
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
Ghazala Bhatti
'Informative and accessible' - The Times Educational Supplement
'Highly recommended to any reader who is looking for a contextualised insight into the school life of Asian children.' - International Journal of Punjab Studies Vol 7 No. 1
'Any review is unable to provide justice to the groundbreaking and compelling nature of this original and readable account of the complex, multiple-featured lives of Asian Children and families. The paramount impression throughout and in her well thought out conclusions is that, 'despite the odds stacked against them, ordinary working-class Asian children (and their families) continue to struggle with such optimism and fortitude" (p. 238). It is a book from which teachers, academics, parents, sectors of society from all cultures can learn and one which manages to prove accessible, academically rigourous and exceptionally engaging.' - British Journal of Educational Studies
