The Educational Strategies of Danish University Students from Professional and Working-Class Backgrounds

Autor/inn/en	Thomsen, Jens Peter; Munk, Martin D.; Eiberg-Madsen, Misja; Hansen, Gro Inge
Titel	The Educational Strategies of Danish University Students from Professional and Working-Class Backgrounds
Quelle	In: Comparative Education Review, 57 (2013) 3, S.457-480 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-4086
DOI	10.1086/670806
Schlagwörter	Educational Strategies; Foreign Countries; College Students; Working Class; Risk; Behavior Patterns; College Choice; Socialization; Qualitative Research; Cultural Background; Student Attitudes; Social Class; Self Concept; Economic Factors; Majors (Students); Family Financial Resources; Academic Achievement; Student Adjustment; Social Life; Semi Structured Interviews; Denmark + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrstrategie; Ausland; Collegestudent; Arbeiterklasse; Risiko; Studienortwahl; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Qualitative Forschung; Schülerverhalten; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Selbstkonzept; Ökonomischer Faktor; Schulleistung; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Soziales Leben; Dänemark
Abstract	This article studies the educational strategies adopted by university students from different class backgrounds in a Scandinavian welfare regime. Studies show distinct differences among classes relating to economic considerations, risk-averse behavior, and patterns of socialization among university students. We investigate these differences through qualitative interviews with 60 students from six programs. We ask how and to what extent Danish students' choice of program and their educational strategies, attitudes, and behaviors are class related. We find that strategies are class based, but Danish working-class students do not refer to their class cultural background or to a collective working-class identity as either an asset or a challenge. Furthermore, financial constraints are not perceived as affecting their choice of higher education. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10