Determined to Succeed?: Performance versus Choice in Educational Attainment
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1. Verfasser: Jackson, Michelle (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Palo Alto Stanford University Press 2013
Schriftenreihe:Studies in social inequality
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Contents; Preface; Contributors; Chapter One. Introduction: How Is Inequality of Educational Opportunity Generated? The Case for Primary and Secondary Effects - Michelle Jackson; Chapter Two. Primary and Secondary Effects: Some Methodological Issues - Christiana Kartsonaki, Michelle Jackson, and David R. Cox; Chapter Three. Inequality in Transitions to Secondary School and Tertiary Education in Germany - Martin Neugebauer, David Reimer, Steffen Schindler, and Volker Stocké
Chapter Four. How Social Background Affects Educational Attainment over Time in the Netherlands - Charlotte Büchner and Rolf van der VeldenChapter Five. Academic Achievement, Tracking Decisions, and Their Relative Contribution to Educational Inequalities: Change over Four Decades in France - Mathieu Ichou and Louis-André Vallet; Chapter Six. Social-Origin Inequalities in Educational Careers in Italy: Performance or Decision Effects? - Dalit Contini and Andrea Scagni
Chapter Seven. Ever-Declining Inequalities? Transitions to Upper Secondary and Tertiary Education in Sweden, 1972-1990 Birth Cohorts - Frida RudolphiChapter Eight. Dentist, Driver, or Dropout? Family Background and Secondary Education Choices in Denmark - Anders Holm and Mads Meier Jæger; Chapter Nine. Social Background and Educational Transitions in England - Michelle Jackson; Chapter Ten. Class Origins, High School Graduation, and College Entry in the United States - Stephen L. Morgan, Michael W. Spiller, and Jennifer J. Todd
Chapter Eleven. Why Does Inequality of Educational Opportunity Vary across Countries? Primary and Secondary Effects in Comparative Context - Michelle Jackson and Jan O. JonssonIndex
In many countries, concern about socio-economic inequalities in educational attainment has focused on inequalities in test scores and grades. The presumption has been that the best way to reduce inequalities in educational outcomes is to reduce inequalities in performance. But is this presumption correct? Determined to Succeed? is the first book to offer a comprehensive cross-national examination of the roles of performance and choice in generating inequalities in educational attainment. It combines in-depth studies by country specialists with chapters discussing more general empirical, method
Beschreibung:370 p.
ISBN:9780804784481
0804784485

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