External factors- Attitudes and values (Indian, Pakistani and Chinese families)

Question 1

What did Basit (2013) studies argue about Indian and Pakistanis family attitudes and values in relation to their children’s achievement ?

Answer 1

Basit (2013)- studies Indian and Pakistani students and found that education was seen as the capital that would transform their lives. Parents and grandparents instilled the value of education and how it would lead to a well paid job, meaning children are consequently offered a lot of material support

Concluded that an attribute of people who leave their country of origin is that they have aspirations of upward social mobility

Question 2

What did Ruth Lupton (2004) argue about Indian and Pakistanis families attitudes and values in relation to their children’s achievement ?

Answer 2

Ruth Lupton (2004)- argues that Asian children especially who are from Muslim backgrounds, are genrally well-behaved at school and work hard because their parents bring them up to respect teachers. As a result, parents are generally supportive of schools rules, policies and sanctions

Question 3

What did Arch Francer (2007) argue about Chines families attitudes and values in relation to their children’s achievement ?

Answer 3

Archer and Francis (2007)- argue that Chinese parents see education as a ‘family project’. They consequently have high expectations of their children and invest logs of time and money into their education