Socio-Economic Gaps in Educational Aspirations: Do Experiences and Attitudes Matter?

Autor/inn/en	Agasisti, Tommaso; Maragkou, Konstantina
Titel	Socio-Economic Gaps in Educational Aspirations: Do Experiences and Attitudes Matter?
Quelle	In: Education Economics, 31 (2023) 4, S.471-487 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Agasisti, Tommaso)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-5292
DOI	10.1080/09645292.2022.2082385
Schlagwörter	Socioeconomic Status; Academic Aspiration; Social Differences; Student Experience; Student Attitudes; Secondary School Students; Foreign Countries; Postsecondary Education; Post High School Guidance; Bullying; Locus of Control; Self Concept; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Sozialer Unterschied; Studienerfahrung; Schülerverhalten; Sekundarschüler; Ausland; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Mobbing; Selbstkonzept
Abstract	We use detailed survey data linked to administrative records from secondary schools in England to investigate potential channels contributing to the socio-economic gap in post-compulsory educational aspirations. We investigate the role of experiences and attitudes including the provision of information, advice and guidance (IAG), bullying victimisation, locus of control and self-perception of academic potential. Our findings indicate a significant socio-economic gap in aspirations to stay in education, to follow the academic rather than the vocational route, and to attend university. We use decomposition analysis to show that the experiences we consider are not statistically correlated with the observed socio-economic gap while differences in attitudes explain up to 22% of the effect. The findings suggest that investing in self-esteem building and attribution training programmes within schools could contribute to equalising educational outcomes. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01