A search for determinants of students' educational expectations for higher education in four european cities: the role of school SES composition and student engagement

Social inequality in students' educational expectations, a strong predictor of educational attainment, differs substantially between countries. Although education system characteristics are translated into school composition effects, the school level is often forgotten in comparative research....

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Main Authors: Van den Broeck, Laura, Blondal, Kristjana Stella, Elias Andreu, Marina, Markussen, Eifred
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2023
Subjects:
Estudiants universitaris
Expectatives racionals (Teoria econòmica)
Participació educativa
Comunitat i escola
College students
Rational expectations (Economic theory)
School involvement
Community and school
Reykjavík
Norway
Bergen
Iceland
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2445/197782
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Summary:Social inequality in students' educational expectations, a strong predictor of educational attainment, differs substantially between countries. Although education system characteristics are translated into school composition effects, the school level is often forgotten in comparative research. Moreover, to explain school effects, we introduce the concept of student engagement into sociological research on expectations. Results of multilevel analyses (R) on data from 7566 students in 126 high schools in four cities Barcelona (Spain), Ghent (Belgium), Bergen (Norway), and Reykjavík (Iceland) demonstrated positive effects of (1) SES composition, but mainly in systems with substantial school segregation, (2) behavioral and emotional engagement on expectations.

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