Educational Capital as a Catalyst for Upward Social Mobility amongst British Asians: A Three-Generational Analysis

Autor/in	Basit, Tehmina N.
Titel	Educational Capital as a Catalyst for Upward Social Mobility amongst British Asians: A Three-Generational Analysis
Quelle	In: British Educational Research Journal, 39 (2013) 4, S.714-732 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-1926
DOI	10.1080/01411926.2012.677414
Schlagwörter	Social Mobility; Educational Attainment; Asians; Foreign Countries; Grandparents; Parent Attitudes; Family Characteristics; Educational Background; Focus Groups; Interviews; Ethnography; Photography; Social Capital; Cultural Capital; Academic Aspiration; Costs; Higher Education; Immigrants; Attitude Measures; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Mobilität; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Ausland; Großeltern; Elternverhalten; Vorbildung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ethnografie; Fotografie; Sozialkapital; Cost; Kosten; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Großbritannien
Abstract	This paper is based on research that examined intergenerational dynamics amongst British South Asians regarding education and family life. The study investigated the perspectives of grandparents, parents and young people to establish how family attributes and education were perceived by these three groups. The methods used to gather data were focus groups and individual interviews. These were complemented by digital ethnography, which involved using photographs taken by the young people for reflection during interviews. Drawing on Bourdieu, Putnam and Coleman's theses of cultural and social capitals, the paper forwards the concept of educational capital, as the findings suggest a high emphasis on the acquisition of educational capital for upward social mobility amongst all groups. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10