What more can we takeaway from the Chinese community?
Bill Bolloten
British Chinese pupils are setting the benchmark in GCSE’s and could hold the secret to educational success for other ethnic groups, according to the Black Training and Enterprise Group (BTEG).
BTEG has released a new policy briefing paper entitled “What more can we takeaway from the Chinese community?” to raise awareness of the significant level of British Chinese educational success.
Chinese communities place an exceptionally high value on educational attainment and believe that this is a prerequisite for greater social mobility later on in life. According to the 2001 census, 30 percent of the British Chinese post-16 population are full time students compared to a UK average of 8 percent.
This drive for educational attainment also seems to negate the effects of deprivation. The national average for pupils in 2009 who were eligible for free school meals (FSM) and achieved 5+ A*-C GCSE grades including English and Mathematics stands at 26.6 percent. This means that an alarming 3 in 4 pupils are failing to reach the national benchmark that include the curriculum's core subjects. Despite facing the similar disadvantage, it is astonishing that British Chinese pupils who are entitled to FSM achieved 70.8 percent in the same category.
Jeremy Crook OBE, Director of BTEG, said:
“The Government needs to find out why so many White and Black pupils from low income families leave school without a good education while Chinese pupils from similar backgrounds continue to achieve great results”
“The existing focus on under-achievement masks the important and positive achievements that some ethnic groups such as the British Chinese are making. Finding a way to inspire and reproduce these attitudes on a wider scale might bring other ethnic groups one step closer to reducing the ethnic achievement gap. It seems clear that all Chinese children understand from their parents that failure in education is not an option. The high expectation of both parents and teachers clearly makes a difference”
matt dickenson
You may also be interested to know that the probability of being identified as G&T is significantly higher too.
According to the January 2010 School Census, in primary schools, 21% of the population coded as Chinese are identified as G&T, rising to 25% in secondary schools. This compares with 11% and 15% of the white British population.
Of course, this is partly an indication of the subjectivity of what we look for in a G&T learner, but this difference is striking by comparison with any other ethnic group.
Best wishes
Matt
Matt Dickenson
Equalities & Achievement Director
London Gifted & Talented
91 Berwick St, LONDON W1F 0BP
Fax: 020 7287 6970
07817 552806
www.londongt.org
The REAL Project – Realising Equality & Achievement for Learners
www.realproject.org.uk
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Jones, Ann-Elizabeth
papers on this very subject, showing how education is highly valued in
the Chinese community and relating this to Bourdieu`s work around
linguistic and social capital. Their research is set in London and very
readable too!
Google under their names and the 2006 paper should come up.
Ann
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