Showing papers in "British Journal of Sociology of Education in 2020"
TL;DR: Friedman and Laurison as mentioned in this paper close their compelling book with a simple set of statements: “In contemporary Britain it quite literally pays to be privileged. Even when individuals from working-c...
Abstract: Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison close their compelling book with a simple set of statements: “In contemporary Britain it quite literally pays to be privileged. Even when individuals from working-c...
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TL;DR: The impact of self-fulfilling prophecy in education, and of attainment grouping on pupil self-perception, remain topics of longstanding debate, with important consequences for social in/justice as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The impact of self-fulfilling prophecy in education, and of attainment grouping on pupil self-perception, remain topics of longstanding debate, with important consequences for social in/justice. Fo...
13 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on a small number of working-class individuals and propose a method to represent social justice and explain away class inequality using a small subset of working class individuals.
Abstract: Meritocracy is used by governments in many societies as an ‘effective’ way to represent social justice and legitimise – explain away – class inequality. By focusing on a small number of working-cla...
13 citations
TL;DR: The acquisition of cultural capital can only be understood in the light of the formation of habitus, including the socialisation process, and in the context of the field in which any such c... as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The acquisition of cultural capital can only be understood in the light of the formation of habitus, including the socialisation process, and in the context of the field in which any such c...
11 citations
TL;DR: The authors explored how one cohort of first-in-family students narrated their movement into and through university, proposed as a form of boundary crossing, and found that these metaphors emerged from the stor...
Abstract: This article explores how one cohort of first-in-family students narrated their movement into and through university, proposed as a form of boundary crossing. These metaphors emerged from the stori...
10 citations
TL;DR: The authors examined Chinese international doctoral students' academic socialization into TESOL discourses and communities, rooted in the academic discourse socialization theory, and complemented by the social mobility theory.
Abstract: This study examines Chinese international doctoral students’ academic socialization into TESOL discourses and communities. Rooted in the academic discourse socialization theory, complemented by the...
9 citations
TL;DR: The authors consider the sociology of education as a modern human science and suggest that SOE is mired in a set of unreflexive, redemptive, Enlightment rationalities.
Abstract: This paper considers the sociology of education (SOE) as a modern human science. It suggests that the SOE is mired in a set of unreflexive, redemptive, Enlightment rationalities, and explores the m...
9 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors found that educational expectations are a key predictor of educational attainment and that during adolescence, friends increasingly function as significant others and can affect the development of these expectations.
Abstract: Educational expectations are a key predictor of educational attainment. Throughout adolescence, friends increasingly function as ‘significant others’ and, thus, can affect the development of these ...
9 citations
TL;DR: The heterogeneity of the contemporary Indian middle-class has been discussed widely as mentioned in this paper, however, the effect of its internal differences on the distribution of educational resources needs to be examined, as well as the impact of the internal differences in education resources.
Abstract: The heterogeneity of the contemporary Indian middle-class has been discussed widely. However, the effect of its internal differences on the distribution of educational resources needs to be examine...
9 citations
TL;DR: For many Indigenous parents in Canada legacies of residential schooling have been re-traumatized by residential schooling, and positive and trusting family/school relationships support academic achievement as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Education research demonstrates that positive and trusting family/school relationships support academic achievement but for many Indigenous parents in Canada legacies of residential schooling have ...
8 citations
TL;DR: This paper explored the complexity of school resistance by Chinese rural migrant children, which may contribute to their educational failure, as well as the school conditions informin the school resistance, and found that their resistance may also contribute to the educational failure.
Abstract: This study explores the complexity of school resistance by Chinese rural migrant children (RMC), which may contribute to their educational failure, as well as the school conditions informin...
TL;DR: A prominent explanation of intergenerational educational inequality is Bourdieu's cultural reproduction theory as mentioned in this paper, and previous studies have frequently shown that children's cultural capital relativizes with their parents' cultural capital.
Abstract: A prominent explanation of intergenerational educational inequality is Bourdieu’s cultural reproduction theory. Indeed, previous studies have frequently shown that children’s cultural capital relat...
TL;DR: This article developed the concept of cosmopolitan nationalism and suggested ways sociologists of education might draw on it in their future work, and showed how it can be used in their own work.
Abstract: In this essay we develop the concept of ‘cosmopolitan nationalism’, offering a working definition and suggesting ways sociologists of education might draw on it in their future work. We show how it...
TL;DR: The authors consider whether societal changes are making space for some working-class boys to go against the grain and foster positive reader identities, drawing on interviews with 30 Australian boys. But they do not consider the role of gender stereotypes.
Abstract: This paper considers whether societal changes are making space for some working-class boys to go against the grain and foster positive reader identities. Drawing on interviews with 30 Australian bo...
TL;DR: In this article, it is argued that a neoliberal discourse of teaching excellence has the effect of working professionals working in a "neoliberal" higher education setting, and that teaching practice is negatively affected by this discourse.
Abstract: This article reflects upon the neoliberalisation of higher education and its effects on teaching practice. It is argued that a neoliberal discourse of teaching excellence has the effect of working ...
TL;DR: In this paper, performance-based research funding aims to support the most deserving academic institutions and researchers, however, overcoming entrenched assumptions about quality is a persiste e... and the challenge of finding the most worthy academic institution and researchers is a persistent challenge.
Abstract: Globally, performance-based research funding aims to support the most deserving academic institutions and researchers. However, overcoming entrenched assumptions about quality is a persiste...
TL;DR: In this paper, a framework for conceptualizing transitions from Vocational Education and Training (VET) programs to Higher Education (HE), by bringing together Bourdieu and Bernstein, is presented.
Abstract: In this paper we provide a framework for conceptualising transitions from Vocational Education and Training (VET) programmes to Higher Education (HE), by bringing together Bourdieu’s and Bernstein’...
TL;DR: The authors found that a young person's situation at school, and pupils' relationships with their teachers, have a clear impact on the processes which lead to young people being radicalized, and the p...
Abstract: Research has shown that a young person’s situation at school, and pupils’ relationships with their teachers, have a clear impact on the processes which lead to young people being radicalized. The p...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors contribute to the understandings of young masculinities by turning attention to the South African primary school context, in the context of scarcity of interventions aro...
Abstract: In this paper, we contribute to the understandings of young masculinities by turning attention to the South African schooling primary school context. In the context of scarcity of interventions aro...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore lecturers' concerns or anxieties as to whether they may be interpreted as less legitimate than permanent staff; and the emotional labour involved in the work done to "cover" for the difficulties that a lecturer's contract status causes for the quality of their teaching content and organisation.
Abstract: This paper is based on findings from an email interview study with 20 academics (17 women, 3 men) in the UK on short-term, insecure or ‘casualised’ contracts. The paper focuses on their perceptions of the effect their contract status has on the lecturer/student relationship: particularly in regard to student perceptions of their legitimacy and status. Using a poststructuralist theoretical lens, we explore lecturers’ concerns or anxieties as to whether they may be interpreted as less legitimate than permanent staff; and the emotional labour involved in the work done to ‘cover’ for the difficulties that a lecturer’s contract status causes for the quality of their teaching content and organisation. We also explore the considerations of some participants to voluntarily ‘disclose’ their status to students and the possibilities of such acts as a form of resistance to dominant discourses of the legitimate academic.
TL;DR: Previous studies of citizenship preparation in upper secondary school, including studies on vocational programs, have primarily focused on general subjects as discussed by the authors, and have focused on the potential and actual roles of vocation.
Abstract: Previous studies of citizenship preparation in upper secondary school, including studies on vocational programmes, have primarily focused on general subjects. Potential and actual roles of vocation ...
TL;DR: This article explored the way policies are framed by academic performance and health as a reason for providing school meals, and found that academic performance was not the only reason for improving school meals.
Abstract: Policy makers in the UK are trying to improve school meals, by focusing on eating well. This article explores the way policies are framed by academic performance and health as a reason for providin...
TL;DR: The authors argue that occupations are strong determinants of which skills, skills, or certifications, should be acquired to obtain a job, and that credentials are a good indicator of skills, knowledge, and ability.
Abstract: An ongoing debate is centred around the question of how we can understand the value of university credentials in accessing jobs. We know that occupations are strong determinants of which skills, kn...
TL;DR: This article argued that sociology of education was a wasteland as far as studies of the lives and education of refugee children were concerned, and argued that the lives of children were invisible in the literature.
Abstract: In 2007, we argued that, when it comes to sociology of education, the lives and education of refugee children were invisible. Sociology of education was ‘a wasteland’ as far as studies of the socia...
TL;DR: In this article, school socio-economic compositional effects have been influential in educational research predicting a range of outcomes and influencing public policy, however, some recent studies have challen...
Abstract: School socio-economic compositional (SEC) effects have been influential in educational research predicting a range of outcomes and influencing public policy. However, some recent studies have chall...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the parental involvement among Eastern European immigrant parents of elementary school students in Canada and find that most of the parents were educated in several Eastern Europe countries.
Abstract: This study focuses on the parental involvement among Eastern European immigrant parents of elementary school students in Canada. Interviewed parents (N + 19) were educated in several Eastern Europe...
TL;DR: In Finland, early childhood education and care (ECEC) is traditionally publicly provided as discussed by the authors, but private ECEC provision has increased during the past decade, largely as a result of financial supp...
Abstract: In Finland, early childhood education and care (ECEC) is traditionally publicly provided. However, private ECEC provision has increased during the past decade, largely as a result of financial supp...
TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood on young people's transitions from education to the labour market has not received much attention in past research, and the authors examined the impact of the socio-economic status of a neighbourhood on the transition of young people to the labor market.
Abstract: The influence of living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood on young people’s transitions from education to the labour market has not received much attention in past research. This study examines the ...
TL;DR: This article explored 5th and 6th grade pupils' reflections on why they may refrain from intervening in bullying, despite understanding that bullying is wrong, based on focus-driven focus learning.
Abstract: The article explores 5th and 6th grade pupils’ reflections on why pupils may refrain from intervening in bullying, despite understanding that bullying is wrong. The findings are based on focus grou...
TL;DR: Transnational distinction is highly relevant in an age when western degree inflation intersects with harsh gender expectations for Chinese women student migrants, a significant group of players in the globalization of education.
Abstract: Transnational distinction is highly relevant in an age when western degree inflation intersects with harsh gender expectations for Chinese women student migrants, a significant group of players in ...