The Role of the School Curriculum in Social Mobility

Autor/in	Iannelli, Cristina
Titel	The Role of the School Curriculum in Social Mobility
Quelle	In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 34 (2013) 5-6, S.907-928 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692
DOI	10.1080/01425692.2013.816031
Schlagwörter	Role; Program Content; Social Mobility; Secondary School Curriculum; Social Class; Social Differences; Advantaged; Labor Market; Employment Potential; Attendance; Selective Admission; Secondary Schools; Academic Ability; Regression (Statistics); Public Service Occupations; Course Selection (Students); Student Characteristics; Educational Change; Foreign Countries; Longitudinal Studies; Parent Background; Educational Background; Employment Level; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rollen; Programmgestaltung; Soziale Mobilität; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Sozialer Unterschied; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Anwesenheit; Bildungsselektion; Sekundarschule; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; Bildungsreform; Ausland; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Elternhaus; Vorbildung; Beschäftigungsgrad; Großbritannien
Abstract	This paper focuses on the role of curricular content on social mobility, an issue largely neglected by social mobility studies. Using data from the National Child Development Study we investigate the extent to which secondary school curricula account for social class differences in the chances of entering into the service class and avoiding a low-skilled occupation. The results show that curriculum matters in the acquisition of different social classes of destination but it matters more for children from advantaged social backgrounds than for children from lower classes of origin. This is because of their higher propensity to choose subjects such as languages, English, mathematics and science, which were found to be highly valued in the labour market. Moreover, net of the effect of origin class and individual ability, all or most of the advantage associated with attendance at selective schools is accounted for by the curriculum studied there. (As Provided).
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