Asian children at home and at school
Subtitle: an ethnographic study
By: Ghazala Bhatti.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: East Indians -- Education (Secondary) -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- Case studies.; Home and school -- Great Britain -- Case studies.; Educational anthropology -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
Description: "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 schooling and education. 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. This study focuses on boys and girls in order to capture the complexity of their lived experiences."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-287) and indexes.