Tracking-related experiences of second-generation Asian Indian students in the USA
IntroductionWhile tracking is a powerful determinant of educational inequality, scholarship pays little attention to tracking-related experiences. Tracking-related experiences of students reveal their challenges and coping mechanisms. Consequently, one learns the fundamentals of the agency. This stu...
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| description | IntroductionWhile tracking is a powerful determinant of educational inequality, scholarship pays little attention to tracking-related experiences. Tracking-related experiences of students reveal their challenges and coping mechanisms. Consequently, one learns the fundamentals of the agency. This study focuses on tracking the experiences of second-generation Asian Indian students in the USA. Between educational and economic success and discrimination, Asian Indians constitute an interesting population to study tracking.MethodsData are derived from 177 in-depth interviews with participants from four sample points. And they are analyzed qualitatively using the grounded theory method.ResultsTracking-related experiences of second-generation Asian Indian students are characterized by a challenge that reflects discrimination featuring the Indian identity.DiscussionThis study extends the theories on educational inequality and racial microaggression. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2042bcc5d57045428bc19fee9badb0892023-08-11T16:59:44ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Education2504-284X2023-08-01810.3389/feduc.2023.11834621183462Tracking-related experiences of second-generation Asian Indian students in the USADina Banerjee0Akshaj Dev Bhattacharya1Indian Institute of Management Udaipur, Udaipur, IndiaCherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, CO, United StatesIntroductionWhile tracking is a powerful determinant of educational inequality, scholarship pays little attention to tracking-related experiences. Tracking-related experiences of students reveal their challenges and coping mechanisms. Consequently, one learns the fundamentals of the agency. This study focuses on tracking the experiences of second-generation Asian Indian students in the USA. Between educational and economic success and discrimination, Asian Indians constitute an interesting population to study tracking.MethodsData are derived from 177 in-depth interviews with participants from four sample points. And they are analyzed qualitatively using the grounded theory method.ResultsTracking-related experiences of second-generation Asian Indian students are characterized by a challenge that reflects discrimination featuring the Indian identity.DiscussionThis study extends the theories on educational inequality and racial microaggression.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1183462/fulltrackingeducational inequalityAsian Indiansmicroaggressionqualitative methods |
| spellingShingle | Dina Banerjee Akshaj Dev Bhattacharya Tracking-related experiences of second-generation Asian Indian students in the USA Frontiers in Education tracking educational inequality Asian Indians microaggression qualitative methods |
| title | Tracking-related experiences of second-generation Asian Indian students in the USA |
| title_full | Tracking-related experiences of second-generation Asian Indian students in the USA |
| title_fullStr | Tracking-related experiences of second-generation Asian Indian students in the USA |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tracking-related experiences of second-generation Asian Indian students in the USA |
| title_short | Tracking-related experiences of second-generation Asian Indian students in the USA |
| title_sort | tracking related experiences of second generation asian indian students in the usa |
| topic | tracking educational inequality Asian Indians microaggression qualitative methods |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1183462/full |
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