Students' University Aspirations and Attainment Grouping in Secondary Schools

Autor/inn/en	Mazenod, Anna; Hodgen, Jeremy; Francis, Becky; Taylor, Becky; Tereshchenko, Antonina
Titel	Students' University Aspirations and Attainment Grouping in Secondary Schools
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 78 (2019) 3, S.511-527 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mazenod, Anna)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-018-0355-x
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Academic Aspiration; Educational Attainment; Secondary School Students; Undergraduate Study; Predictor Variables; Self Esteem; Capacity Building; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Sekundarschüler; Grundstudium; Prädiktor; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit
Abstract	International evidence shows that students from more disadvantaged backgrounds are less likely to attend university. We examine the potential link between university aspiration and secondary schools' attainment grouping practices (tracking/setting). Modelling of longitudinal student questionnaires (N = 6680) completed in England suggests that there is a slight cumulative association between students' university aspirations and their set placement. Interestingly, we find that students' self-confidence predicts university aspirations over and above both prior aspirations and attainment. Our findings suggest that to improve our understanding of students' university aspirations it is crucial to take account of factors other than just prior attainment. The concept of capacity to aspire emphasises the multiplicity of factors involved in enabling or hindering aspirations for university, and their interaction over time. We argue that universities have an important role in realising more socially just patterns in higher education participation through outreach work that can enhance students' capacity to aspire to university. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01