Cultural Deprivation - Haleema Khanum (2014)

Question 1

Title of Haleema Khanum’s article?

Answer 1

‘They did well, but not Asian well’

Question 2

What did her study entail? (3)

Answer 2

• interviews with a small sample of British-Asian students (12)
• clear evidence that educational ambitions are shaped by family and community
• high levels of cultural capital & low levels of cultural deprivation in Indian students

Question 3

what differences did H.K find between Indian and Pakistani students? (3)

Answer 3

• both groups spoke of high parental aspirations
  
  • high grades, and no less, were tolerated, which served as both a + and - to the pressure
• however pakistani’s felt they had greater freedom for their subjects

Question 4

Evaluation for Haleema Khanum’s research (1)

Answer 4

• small-scale and lacks representativeness because she only interviewed 12 students