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 …

This paper is a discussion of how the educational attitudes, perspectives and experiences of
young South Asian women in schools and colleges in the city of Birmingham, UK, are …

Community case studies are basic to anthropology, yet there are relatively few examples in
which the promotion of social change has been the explicit goal of the research. The case …

Using in-depth life-story interviews and oral history archives, this book explores the impact of
South Asian migration from the 1950s onwards on both the local white, British-born …

With education and social inequalities under scrutiny, this timely book provides an up-to-
date summary of research into the key issues, as well as practical strategies for educators …

This article explores how South Asian parents and teachers affect the educational
achievements of South Asians in schools and colleges in the city of Birmingham, England …

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division
of St. Martin's Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered …

This article examines issues of human agency and Ogbu's concept of “folk theory of
success” in the context of the Dutch Chinese immigrant educational experience. It argues …

First published in 1994, Winners and Losers is based upon a two-year study carried out in
Manchester. Using a wealth of research material gathered from 1000 respondents from …

The views of a range of teachers towards South Asians in schools and colleges in
Birmingham are explored in this paper. Based on 23 teachers, often senior in nature, from …