Aspiration Squeeze: The Struggle of Children to Positively Selected Immigrants

Autor/in	Engzell, Per
Titel	Aspiration Squeeze: The Struggle of Children to Positively Selected Immigrants
Quelle	In: Sociology of Education, 92 (2019) 1, S.83-103 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0038-0407
DOI	10.1177/0038040718822573
Schlagwörter	Immigrants; Academic Aspiration; Academic Achievement; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Parent Aspiration; Student Attitudes; Educational Attitudes; Disadvantaged; Foreign Countries; Immigration; Ethnic Groups; Occupational Aspiration; Track System (Education); Academic Education; Vocational Education; Cultural Background; Cognitive Ability; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Grades (Scholastic); Comparative Analysis; Outcomes of Education; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Schulleistung; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Elternwille; Schülerverhalten; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Ausland; Ethnie; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Leistungsgruppe; Leistungsdifferenzierung; Akademische Bildung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Denkfähigkeit; Notenspiegel; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Schweden
Abstract	Why is it that children of immigrants often outdo their ethnic majority peers in educational aspirations yet struggle to keep pace with their achievements? This article advances the explanation that many immigrant communities, while positively selected on education, still have moderate absolute levels of schooling. Therefore, parents' education may imbue children with high expectations but not always the means to fulfill them. Swedish data on children of immigrants from over 100 countries of origin support this view: Net of parents' absolute years of schooling, a high rank in the sending country benefits children's aspirations, attitudes, and educational choices but not their test scores or school grades. The upshot is an ''aspiration squeeze'' where to emulate their parents' relative place in the education distribution, children are left struggling against the momentous tide of educational expansion. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01