A search for the 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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Published in:European Educational Research Journal
Main Authors: Van den Broeck, Laura, Blondal, Kristjana Stella, Elias, Marina, Markussen, Eifred
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2023
Subjects:
Social Sciences
OCCUPATIONAL ATTAINMENT
COLLEGE EXPECTATIONS
IMMIGRANT STUDENTS
ASPIRATIONS
ACHIEVEMENT
TRACKING
INEQUALITY
DISENGAGEMENT
SEGREGATION
COUNTRIES
Educational expectations
social inequality
cross-national research
school effects research
student engagement
Bergen
Norway
Iceland
Online Access:https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8746945
http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8746945
https://doi.org/10.1177/14749041211062434
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8746945/file/8746947
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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 Reykjavik (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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