Ethnicity: Parental support

Question 1

Trends in ethnicity

Answer 1

• Chinese and Indian students overachieve in comparison to other groups
• Asian students- differences between Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani achievement
• Black students - variation between black African and black Caribbean
• white students only have slightly higher achievement than black students, gap is closing

Question 2

Asian Families

Answer 2

• Basit - Indian and Pakistani families have a culture of promoting educational capital to obtain social mobility
• Bhatti - parents were more supportive of children’s education and had high levels of interest
• Modood - even amongst working class, Asian families promote staying on in education

Question 3

Black families

Answer 3

• greater support network of extended family and friends in black African families that promote educational achievement
• Sewell - lone parent families - 24% of black children from lone parent families vs 19% mixed and 10% white
• Vincent et al black middle class parents parents had high level of interest in child’s education

Question 4

Evaluations

Answer 4

• intersectional nature of students experiences, class and gender also influence achievement
• some research is dated - based on generalisations of groups
• still differences in life chances for Pakistani, Bangladeshi and black students like unemployment