Caribbean Achievement in Britain: Psychosocial Resources and Lived Experiences

Description

This book explores a range of psychosocial resources, and discusses them in relation to lived experiences and outcomes in educational and socioeconomic domains. It offers close insights into the complex relationship between psychosocial resources, such as familial influence, religiosity, aspirations, and socioeconomic progression in Britain. This is achieved by exploring the lived experiences of a sample group of Caribbeans, one of Britain's most internally diverse but discernibly disadvantaged social groups. Detailed accounts of the participants’ experiences are offered to provide insights to a wide range of stakeholders in education. Teachers, behaviour specialists, parents, policy advocates, psychologists, social researchers, social justice warriors and lay people will all benefit from this empirically informed perspective on psychosocial resources and their implications for educational attainment and socioeconomic progress. The book implores the reader to appreciate more fully how psychosocial resources play out in outcomes of achievement and progression, and how such outcomes may be improved among members of some disadvantaged social groups. It will be an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators in the fields of Education, Sociology, and Psychology. Front Matter ....Pages i-xx Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Leading Assumptions (Winniey E Maduro)....Pages 3-23 Empirical Insights: Something about What We Know (Winniey E Maduro)....Pages 25-33 Front Matter ....Pages 35-36 The Family: Familial Influence (Winniey E Maduro)....Pages 37-54 Community: Community Orientation (Winniey E Maduro)....Pages 55-73 Religion: Religiosity (Winniey E Maduro)....Pages 75-87 Education: Educational Aspiration (Winniey E Maduro)....Pages 89-103 Occupation: Occupational Aspiration (Winniey E Maduro)....Pages 105-119 Front Matter ....Pages 121-122 Low–High Educational Attainment and Socioeconomic Progression (Winniey E Maduro)....Pages 123-138 High–High Educational Attainment and Socioeconomic Progression (Winniey E Maduro)....Pages 139-152 Low–Low Educational Attainment and Socioeconomic Progression (Winniey E Maduro)....Pages 153-165 Lack of Educational Attainment and Socioeconomic Progression (Winniey E Maduro)....Pages 167-178 Front Matter ....Pages 179-179 Trajectories of Experiences and Outcomes (Winniey E Maduro)....Pages 181-199 Some Important Conclusions and Recommendations (Winniey E Maduro)....Pages 201-210 Afterword (Winniey E Maduro)....Pages 211-218 Back Matter ....Pages 219-229