Cultures of Success: How Elite Students Develop and Realise Aspirations to Study Medicine

Autor/inn/en	Ho, Christina; Hu, Wendy; Griffin, Barbara
Titel	Cultures of Success: How Elite Students Develop and Realise Aspirations to Study Medicine
Quelle	In: Australian Educational Researcher, 50 (2023) 4, S.1127-1147 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ho, Christina)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0311-6999
DOI	10.1007/s13384-022-00548-x
Schlagwörter	Students; Advantaged; Power Structure; Occupational Aspiration; Medical Education; Medical Schools; Student Interests; Knowledge Level; Resources; Social Class; Competitive Selection; Selective Admission; Institutional Characteristics; Social Status; Success; Cultural Background; Cultural Influences; Educational Environment; Family Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Student; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Medizinische Ausbildung; Studieninteresse; Wissensbasis; Betriebsmittel; Hilfsmittel; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Bildungsselektion; Sozialer Status; Erfolg; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Familienmilieu
Abstract	Despite decades of policies to widen participation in medical degrees, students selected for Medicine continue to reflect a socially elite group, rather than the diversity of the communities that graduates will serve. While research has documented experiences of students from disadvantaged backgrounds, this paper examines the "cultures of success" that enable advantaged students to gain entry to medical school. It documents how these students' school and home environments enable the development and realisation of "aspirational capacity". Aspirational capacity is not just about having a dream, but also the resources and knowledge to realise one's dream. The paper also examines a negative side of a narrow aspirational focus. "Aspirational constriction" describes the premature foreclosure of career ambitions, which can have negative implications for both the students and for society, and for less advantaged students, who are effectively excluded from degrees such as Medicine. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01