Education, Inequality and Social Mobility: Key Findings from Three Case Studies

Autor/inn/en	Barker, Bernard; Hoskins, Kate
Titel	Education, Inequality and Social Mobility: Key Findings from Three Case Studies
Quelle	In: FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 63 (2021) 1, S.107-114 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0963-8253
Schlagwörter	Equal Education; Social Mobility; Case Studies; Undergraduate Students; Occupational Aspiration; Social Justice; Social Class; Foreign Countries; Outcomes of Education; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Mobilität; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Ausland; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	This paper reports the findings of the authors' three case studies of school and undergraduate student aspirations and progression pathways, and examines the implications for current policy and research in relation to social mobility. The studies challenge the government's preference for individualist, education-based solutions to the problems of social justice, including the under-representation of disadvantaged young people in elite universities and workplaces. They argue that the individualist perspective grossly underestimates the role of underlying structures, including social class, and the influence of families, through transmitted economic, social and cultural capital. Large-scale quantitative studies tend to compound this bias by measuring social mobility in terms of male income progression, and by neglecting the contribution of women and family networks to social fluidity. Entrenched patterns of advantage and disadvantage are likely to persist until there is a determined and consistent effort to pursue the logic of the 2010 Equality Act, especially by bringing the socio-economic duty into force and ensuring that every employer complies with its requirements. Education alone is not enough. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01