When Higher Education Is Possible but Not Desirable: Widening Participation and the Aspirations of Australian Indigenous School Students

Autor/inn/en	Gore, Jennifer; Patfield, Sally; Holmes, Kathryn; Smith, Maxwell; Lloyd, Adam; Gruppetta, Maree; Weaver, Natasha; Fray, Leanne
Titel	When Higher Education Is Possible but Not Desirable: Widening Participation and the Aspirations of Australian Indigenous School Students
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Education, 61 (2017) 2, S.164-183 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-9441
DOI	10.1177/0004944117710841
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; College Attendance; Academic Aspiration; Occupational Aspiration; High Achievement; Academic Achievement; Self Efficacy; School Location; Rural Urban Differences; Gender Differences; Socioeconomic Status; Student Characteristics; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Public Schools; Indigenous Populations; Longitudinal Studies; National Competency Tests; Foreign Countries; Australia; National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Schulleistung; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Schulgelände; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Sekundarschüler; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Sinti und Roma; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Indigenous students remain vastly under-represented within higher education in Australia. While aspirations have been a key focus of the widening participation agenda, the aspirations of Indigenous students have largely been overlooked. Drawing on survey data collected as part of a mixed methods longitudinal study conducted with students in Years 3 to 12 (n = 6492) from New South Wales government schools, this study investigated the occupational and educational aspirations of 432 Indigenous school students. While we found that Indigenous and non-Indigenous students held similar occupational aspirations, Indigenous students were much less likely to aspire to attend university. Most starkly, high-achieving Indigenous students were significantly less likely to aspire to university than their high-achieving non-Indigenous peers. Given this evidence, we argue that both the possibility and desirability of higher education must be addressed if the widening participation agenda is to meet equity targets for Indigenous students. (As Provided).
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