Pathways to College Admissions: Student Strategies and Class Variations in Activating Cultural Knowledge in Taiwan

Autor/in	Liu, Ruo-Fan
Titel	Pathways to College Admissions: Student Strategies and Class Variations in Activating Cultural Knowledge in Taiwan
Quelle	In: International Studies in Sociology of Education, 31 (2022) 3, S.284-304 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0962-0214
DOI	10.1080/09620214.2020.1852882
Schlagwörter	College Admission; Cultural Awareness; Student Attitudes; Comparative Analysis; Middle Class; Working Class; Student Characteristics; Institutional Characteristics; Scores; Knowledge Level; Foreign Countries; Cultural Capital; Achievement Tests; College Entrance Examinations; Grade 12; Admission Criteria; Social Differences; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Schülerverhalten; Mittelschicht; Arbeiterklasse; Wissensbasis; Ausland; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Aufnahmeprüfung; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Sozialer Unterschied
Abstract	Students attain cultural knowledge to navigate college admissions, yet few studies investigate when and how students activate this knowledge in a relatively transparent system. Drawing upon 26 Taiwanese student interviews, this study unveils how students strategically use available information to illuminate each step of the admission process. I compare how middle- and working-class students activate cultural knowledge in high-, average-, and low-scoring segments. I show that the notion of cultural knowledge varies according to institutional contexts. In Taiwan, it refers to basic knowledge of explicit, yet complex rules which are taken for granted by the privileged, rather than implicit knowledge of the opaque, behind-the-scenes aspects of the system. I find Taiwanese middle-class students with average test scores take advantage of the information transparency to dramatically modify their strategies to gain admissions from prestigious universities. Students in high- and low-scoring groups, however, utilize this knowledge at much lower levels. (As Provided).
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