Peer-Mentoring of Students in Rural and Low-Socioeconomic Status Schools: Increasing Aspirations for Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Curtis, David D.; Drummond, Aaron; Halsey, John; Lawson, Michael J.
Institution	National Centre for Vocational Education Research
Titel	Peer-Mentoring of Students in Rural and Low-Socioeconomic Status Schools: Increasing Aspirations for Higher Education
Quelle	(2012), (35 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-9220-5639-9
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Mentors; Peer Relationship; Rural Schools; Disadvantaged Youth; Socioeconomic Status; Secondary School Students; Academic Aspiration; Graduation; Higher Education; Enrollment; Geographic Location; Rural Urban Differences; Academic Achievement; School Attitudes; Student Characteristics; Vocational Education; Longitudinal Studies; Program Effectiveness; College Students; Questionnaires; Australia; Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Peer-Beziehungen; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Sekundarschüler; Abschluss; Graduierung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Einschulung; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Schulleistung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Collegestudent; Fragebogen; Australien
Abstract	Students from rural and low socioeconomic backgrounds do not pursue university education at the same rate as those from metropolitan areas or from higher socioeconomic backgrounds. This has been a long-standing issue for government. This study explores the aspirations and intentions for university education among low socioeconomic status (SES) and regional school students and looks at how peer-mentoring might influence them. Through an analysis of the 2003 cohort from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY), the study found that: (1) Although there is a substantial difference in the rates of higher education participation of metropolitan and rural young people, this difference is not attributed simply to location but rather to other factors associated with location; and (2) Compared with their peers from higher socioeconomic backgrounds, low-SES students have less favourable attitudes towards school, lower achievement at school, less ambitious post-school study and career aspirations and lower participation in higher education. An analysis of data collected from school students who were being mentored by university students showed that: (1) Students who received sustained mentoring revealed a significantly higher estimated likelihood of enrolling in a university course; and (2) While mentoring increased aspirations for university study, it did not reduce aspirations for vocational education and training (VET) programs. While this study is limited to the findings from one program administered at two schools, it provides a useful case study, in that it demonstrates the potential benefits of mentoring. Questionnaire measures are appended. (Contains 4 figures and 15 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10