How Ethnicity Effects Achivement

Question 1

Trends in ethnicity

Answer 1

Chinese and Indian students are more likely to overachieve
White students have only slightly higher achievement then black students (as a group-gap is closing)

Question 2

Parental support in Asian family’s

Answer 2

Basit- Indian and Pakistani families have a culture of promoting educational capital to obtain social mobility
Bhatti- parents more supportive and higher interest -could argue this is due to cultural capital- wealthy families moving to uk however:
Modood- even among w/c Asian families promote staying on in education