Adult Social Capital and Track Placement of Ethnic Groups in Germany

Autor/inn/en	Cheng, Simon; Martin, Leslie; Werum, Regina E.
Titel	Adult Social Capital and Track Placement of Ethnic Groups in Germany
Quelle	In: American Journal of Education, 114 (2007) 1, S.41-74 (34 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0195-6744
DOI	10.1086/520691
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Outcomes of Education; Ethnic Groups; Educational Objectives; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; German; Social Capital; Religion; Athletics; Track System (Education); Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Ethnie; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Deutscher; Sozialkapital; Leichtathletik; Leistungsgruppe; Leistungsdifferenzierung; Deutschland
Abstract	The dictum that "context matters" notwithstanding, few researchers have focused on how social capital affects educational outcomes for ethnic groups outside of the United States. Using German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) data, analyses highlight the group-specific effects of parental social capital on track placement among 11-16-year-old German and non-German students. For both groups, parents' family ties fail to affect track placement. Parents' community ties have mixed effects. Among Germans, parental involvement in sports affects children's tracking positively. Among non-Germans, parental socializing with peers affects track placement negatively, while parental involvement in religion-based community groups and interethnic ties with Germans improve track placement chances. We relate these findings to different strands of social capital theory. (Contains 1 figure, 3 tables and 17 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10