Factors affecting ethnic minority students’ attainment in secondary schools in Cyprus: a focus group study
Factors affecting ethnic minority students’ attainment in secondary schools in Cyprus: a focus group study
This is the first study in Cyprus aiming to gain insight into the factors responsible for the low attainment of ethnic minority students observed in earlier studies. Teachers from different schools and cities on the island participated in a focus group discussion. Identified factors related to the child, parents, home environment, teachers, school, and society. Examination of these factors revealed that the socio?economic status of the family and the character of the current educational system were the main reasons for the disparity in attainment
minority students, attainment, focus group, education and social disadvantage, systemic monoculturalism
483-489
Theodosiou-Zipiti, Galatia
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West, Mel
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Muijs, Daniel R.
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15 November 2010
Theodosiou-Zipiti, Galatia
f255c041-60c9-407d-8103-f7e044435cd9
West, Mel
70daf73c-fec5-46c7-8d96-9552737ef42c
Muijs, Daniel R.
62af2eff-0cb5-403b-81cc-7a3bfb3e640e
Theodosiou-Zipiti, Galatia, West, Mel and Muijs, Daniel R.
(2010)
Factors affecting ethnic minority students’ attainment in secondary schools in Cyprus: a focus group study.
Intercultural Education, 21 (5), .
(doi:10.1080/14675986.2010.521394).
Abstract
This is the first study in Cyprus aiming to gain insight into the factors responsible for the low attainment of ethnic minority students observed in earlier studies. Teachers from different schools and cities on the island participated in a focus group discussion. Identified factors related to the child, parents, home environment, teachers, school, and society. Examination of these factors revealed that the socio?economic status of the family and the character of the current educational system were the main reasons for the disparity in attainment
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Published date: 15 November 2010
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minority students, attainment, focus group, education and social disadvantage, systemic monoculturalism
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/300934
ISSN: 1467-5986
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