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Katherine Davey – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2024
Based on the life and educational histories of sixteen high-achieving, working-class girls applying to high-tariff universities, this paper rekindles debates about the role of agency within the decision-making process of young people who might not otherwise be expected to apply to such institutions. It draws on Margaret Archer's theorising to…
Descriptors: High Achievement, Working Class, Females, College Choice
Sarah McDonald; Garth Stahl – Australian Educational Researcher, 2024
Despite efforts to foster a more equitable gender representation, Australia's higher education sector and workforce continue to be highly segregated. This article focusses on the gendered experiences of first-in-family (FIF) students--many who are from low-socioeconomic communities--transitioning to Australian universities. In terms of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, First Generation College Students, Sex Role, Decision Making
Smyth, Emer – Oxford Review of Education, 2023
The way in which young people's post-school intentions and pathways reflect their social background has been the subject of a good deal of research. However, much less attention has been paid to social differentiation in the amount and kind of career guidance information received by young people and its role in reinforcing or ameliorating social…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making, Higher Education, Intention
Seghers, Marie; Boone, Simon; Van Avermaet, Piet – Educational Review, 2021
Educational transitions are crucial sites of social selection. Whereas social bias in teacher recommendations is well-established, less is known about teacher guidance in the process preceding the actual choice. Bridging the literature on social class and educational choice and home-school relations this study explores classed patterns in the…
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Cooperation, Interaction, Social Class, Parent Teacher Conferences
Pietersen, Doniwen – Perspectives in Education, 2023
This article explores whether pedagogies of dialogue and care are evidenced in how lecturers engage online with their students in teaching and learning on Learning Management Systems (LMSes). Many lecturers in the online higher education landscape predominantly come from affluent educational habitus, whereas many students come from working-class…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Learning Management Systems, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
Seghers, Marie; Boone, Simon; Van Avermaet, Piet – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2019
Social class differences in educational decision-making form an important explanation for persisting educational inequalities, particularly in choice-driven systems with early tracking. Nevertheless, little is known about the process preceding these choices, especially when school and track choice are interrelated. Building on school choice…
Descriptors: Social Class, Decision Making, Equal Education, Social Differences
Ball, Stephen J.; Rollock, Nicola; Vincent, Carol; Gillborn, David – Research Papers in Education, 2013
This paper addresses some particular aspects of the complex intersections between race and social class. It is based upon data collected as part of a two-year Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded project exploring the "Educational Strategies of the Black Middle Classes" (BMC). ("The Educational Strategies of the Black…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Working Class, Middle Class, Racial Bias
Woodin, Tom; Burke, Penny Jane – Australian Educational Researcher, 2007
This paper draws on an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded research project on men (aged 18-54) participating in pre-university access and foundation programs in four London further and higher education colleges. Men's educational choices and decisions are analysed and discussed within current policy debates about widening…
Descriptors: Working Class, Middle Class, Foundation Programs, Lifelong Learning
Smith, Heather – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2007
This paper adds to the small but growing body of literature which probes the complex decision-making processes undertaken by minority ethnic students, and particularly working-class minority ethnic students, when choosing a higher education institution. Previous studies have focussed on areas with ethnically diverse local populations. This article…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Community Colleges, Foreign Countries, Decision Making

Archer, Louise; Hutchings, Merryn – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2000
Argues that higher education is a difficult choice for English working-class students and that the advantages and disadvantages of higher education are unequally distributed among members of different social classes. Presents a study of non-participant Londoners (n=109), ages 16-30, from a range of working-class backgrounds. Includes references.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Economic Factors, Educational Benefits, Educational Research

Hatcher, Richard – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1998
Examines the educational choices that young people and parents from different class backgrounds make at transition points within the system that the Rational Action Theory offers. Observes that the choices parents and their children make augment and amplify social-class differentiation. Explores two explanations for this phenomenon: "rational…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Valadez, James R. – Review of Higher Education, 1996
A study at one rural community college investigated the process by which the students made decisions about their lives. Results suggest social position and class culture are a form of cultural capital in higher education, and that the community college is not organized to take advantage of working-class students' skills and knowledge, but operates…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, Community Colleges, Cultural Context