Family Legacy or Family Pioneer? Social Class Differences in the Way Adolescents Construct College-Going

Autor/inn/en	Langenkamp, Amy G.; Shifrer, Dara
Titel	Family Legacy or Family Pioneer? Social Class Differences in the Way Adolescents Construct College-Going
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent Research, 33 (2018) 1, S.58-89 (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-5584
DOI	10.1177/0743558416684951
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Social Class; Focus Groups; Academic Aspiration; Cultural Influences; First Generation College Students; Student Diversity; Student Attitudes; College Attendance; Statistical Analysis; High Schools; High School Students; Generational Differences; Social Capital; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Schülerverhalten; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Statistische Analyse; High school; Oberschule; High schools; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Sozialkapital
Abstract	In an era of heightened educational expectations, it can be difficult to discern why would-be first-generation college-going adolescents are less likely to enroll in college than non-first generation adolescents. This article draws from cultural sociology to interpret differences in the way that adolescents socially construct the transition into college. Our data come from focus groups with 37 boys and 43 girls conducted in a racially diverse school district in central Texas in the United States. We find that adolescents are generally highly ambitious in their educational expectations. However, adolescents who would be the first in their family to attend college have distinctive cultural frames related to the postsecondary transition compared to adolescents whose parents went to college. Would-be first generation adolescents perceive going to college as being a family pioneer rather than continuing the family legacy, which represents a point of departure from their family of origin. Identifying distinct cultural frames and the ways that school context shapes students' cultural frames enhances our understanding of social class differences in the college-going behavior of American adolescents. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01