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The Influence of Parental Demographics on School Choice Decision-Making in Western Gauteng, South Africa
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Blake, Beverley; Mestry, Raj – South African Journal of Education, 2021
Major political changes since 1994 have initiated the pace of change in the South African education system. Parents' values, traditions and practices that served in the past were no longer relevant in the new dynamic educational environment. Parental school choice and "the right to choose" movement has subsequently come to the fore. The…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Parent Aspiration, Parent Background, Predictor Variables
What Factors Influence the Decisions of Parents of Children with Special Educational Needs when Choosing a Secondary Educational Provision for their Child at Change of Phase from Primary to Secondary Education? A Review of the Literature
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Byrne, Andrew – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2013
This review presents the results of a literature scoping exercise looking at the decisions parents of children with special educational needs (SEN) make when choosing a secondary placement to send their child at change of phase. The review reports on studies that were conducted in England and other areas of the UK as well as in Australia and the…
Descriptors: Performance Factors, School Choice, Educational Needs, Special Needs Students
Educational Choice and Educational Space
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Thomson, Kathleen Sonia – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This dissertation entitled "Educational choice and educational space" aims to explore the confluence of constructed space and geographic space using a supply-side context for New Zealand's public school system of quasi-open enrollment. In Part I, New Zealand's state and state-integrated school system across four urban areas is analyzed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Choice, Public Schools, Urban Areas
Choice within Constraints: Mothers and Schooling.
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David, Miriam; Davies, Jackie; Edwards, Rosalind; Reay, Diane; Standing, Kay – Gender and Education, 1997
Explores, from a feminist perspective, the discourses of choice regarding how women make their choices as consumers in the education marketplace. It argues that mothers as parents are not free to choose but act within a range of constraints, i.e., their choices are limited by structural and moral possibilities in a patriarchal and racist society.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Feminist Criticism
Can Parents Choose the Best Schools for Their Children?
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Bast, Joseph L.; Walberg, Herbert J. – Economics of Education Review, 2004
One of Lewis Solmon's research interests is whether parents can choose the best schools for their children. This paper shows how economic principles predict parents would do a better job choosing schools for their children than do experts in government agencies. Three types of empirical research relevant to the hypothesis are reviewed: surveys…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement, Parents, Parent Role
Variables Related to the Type of Postsecondary Education Experience Chosen by Young Adults with Learning Disabilities.
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Miller, Robert J.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
This study found that the postsecondary education experience (junior college, community college, 4-year college/university, military, or private training) chosen by 225 young adults with learning disabilities was related to use of community resources; community mobility; participation in vocational education while in high school; autonomy; peer…
Descriptors: College Choice, College Students, Colleges, Community Colleges