Educational Decision-Making: The Significance of Class and Context

• Main Author: Strømme, Thea Bertnes
• Other Authors: Helland, Håvard, Hansen, Marianne Nordli
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Psykologi: 260::Sosial- og arbeidspsykologi: 263; VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Samfunnsgeografi: 290; Educational systems; Educational decisions; Classes; Survey data; Class contexts; Relational processes; Bergen; Helland; Nordli; Norway; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10642/8741

This thesis investigates whether and how classed educational decisions occur in different contexts. Using international comparative survey and Norwegian register data, I examine the decision-making processes at different levels of the education system; I do so through a theoretical focus on the comp...