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Social class and approaches to shaping educational expectations.
- Source :
- British Journal of Sociology; Mar2023, Vol. 74 Issue 2, p131-147, 17p, 2 Diagrams, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Scholars have recognized young people's educational expectations as a key factor in predicting educational outcomes, but few studies have attempted a comprehensive classification of how young people's educational expectations are shaped. In this article, I outline a typology of how young people from different social class origins shape their educational expectations. Drawing on 100 interviews with 15‐year‐olds, I find two underlying dimensions in young people's accounts of their educational expectations: how risk aware they are and how goal oriented they are. These dimensions translate into a heuristic model for understanding the structure of young people's educational expectations. I identify four major approaches to shaping educational expectations ‐ the confident, the determined, the explorative, and the anxious ‐ and show how these approaches connect to the young people's class origin. The typology of approaches offers a conceptual framework for understanding the mechanisms that lead young people to shape their expectations in qualitatively different ways. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- YOUNG adults
SOCIAL classes
EXPECTATION (Psychology)
EDUCATIONAL outcomes
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00071315
- Volume :
- 74
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Sociology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 162166603
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12998