Language, culture and identity : the achievement and aspiratons of Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot girls in the north London secondary schools

Language, culture and identity : the achievement and aspiratons of Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot girls in the north London secondary schools

The starting point for this research was the gap in performance outcomes at GCSE between Turkish, Kurdish and Cypriot girls and their peers from other ethnic groups. Its aim was to explore possible factors contributing to this underperformance, from three perspectives: that of the girls, their paren...

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Main Author: Sabeth, Ann Elisabeth
Published: University of Reading 2008
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373.0117
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.494449
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spelling ndltd-bl.uk-oai-ethos.bl.uk-4944492015-03-20T03:53:25ZLanguage, culture and identity : the achievement and aspiratons of Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot girls in the north London secondary schoolsSabeth, Ann Elisabeth2008The starting point for this research was the gap in performance outcomes at GCSE between Turkish, Kurdish and Cypriot girls and their peers from other ethnic groups. Its aim was to explore possible factors contributing to this underperformance, from three perspectives: that of the girls, their parents and teachers. Predicated on the desire to improve outcomes for this group, the study adopted a critical ethnographic design. Bourdieu's sociology of language and power provided the theoretical underpinning and, in particular, his concepts of habitus and linguistic and cultural capital.373.0117University of Readinghttp://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.494449Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
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Sabeth, Ann Elisabeth
Language, culture and identity : the achievement and aspiratons of Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot girls in the north London secondary schools
description The starting point for this research was the gap in performance outcomes at GCSE between Turkish, Kurdish and Cypriot girls and their peers from other ethnic groups. Its aim was to explore possible factors contributing to this underperformance, from three perspectives: that of the girls, their parents and teachers. Predicated on the desire to improve outcomes for this group, the study adopted a critical ethnographic design. Bourdieu's sociology of language and power provided the theoretical underpinning and, in particular, his concepts of habitus and linguistic and cultural capital.
author Sabeth, Ann Elisabeth
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title Language, culture and identity : the achievement and aspiratons of Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot girls in the north London secondary schools
title_short Language, culture and identity : the achievement and aspiratons of Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot girls in the north London secondary schools
title_full Language, culture and identity : the achievement and aspiratons of Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot girls in the north London secondary schools
title_fullStr Language, culture and identity : the achievement and aspiratons of Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot girls in the north London secondary schools
title_full_unstemmed Language, culture and identity : the achievement and aspiratons of Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot girls in the north London secondary schools
title_sort language, culture and identity : the achievement and aspiratons of turkish, kurdish and turkish cypriot girls in the north london secondary schools
publisher University of Reading
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