Getting into Higher Education: Young People's Views of Fairness

Autor/in	Minty, Sarah
Titel	Getting into Higher Education: Young People's Views of Fairness
Quelle	In: Scottish Educational Review, 48 (2016) 1, S.48-62 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-9072
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Access to Education; Equal Education; Social Justice; Student Attitudes; Semi Structured Interviews; Qualitative Research; Adolescent Attitudes; Tuition; Admission Criteria; Barriers; Educational Policy; Academic Ability; Foreign Countries + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Schülerverhalten; Qualitative Forschung; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Ausland
Abstract	Free tuition in Scotland is frequently linked to principles of equal access and fairness. But just how "fair" do young people think access to higher education is? And what concepts of fairness are their views based on? This article reports the findings of semi-structured interviews with 121 young people aged 15-18 in Scotland. The paper outlines the position of those who felt access was equal for all, where meritocratic ideas of hard work, motivation and individual ability were paramount, versus those who believed that access is inherently unequal and based on socio-economic background and school attended. The majority of young people conceptualised fairness on the basis of equality of procedure, with many perceiving contextual admissions to be an "unfair" form of discrimination. Findings point to the need for better communication of the rationale behind contextual admissions and greater discussion of social justice issues in schools more broadly. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Scottish Educational Review. School of Education, University of Edinburgh, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AQ, Scotland, UK. e-mail: ser@stir.ac.uk; Website: http://www.scotedreview.org.uk
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01