The Influence of Parental Demographics on School Choice Decision-Making in Western Gauteng, South Africa

Autor/inn/en	Blake, Beverley; Mestry, Raj
Titel	The Influence of Parental Demographics on School Choice Decision-Making in Western Gauteng, South Africa
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Education, 41 (2021) 3, Artikel 1958 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Blake, Beverley) ORCID (Mestry, Raj)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-0100
Schlagwörter	Parent Attitudes; Parent Aspiration; Parent Background; Predictor Variables; Educational Attainment; Native Language; Income; Decision Making; School Choice; Middle Class; Urban Schools; Foreign Countries; Elementary Secondary Education; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elternverhalten; Elternwille; Elternhaus; Prädiktor; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Einkommen; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Mittelschicht; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Ausland; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Major political changes since 1994 have initiated the pace of change in the South African education system. Parents' values, traditions and practices that served in the past were no longer relevant in the new dynamic educational environment. Parental school choice and "the right to choose" movement has subsequently come to the fore. The purpose of this article elucidates findings regarding the demographics of active school choice engagement among middle class parents in Western Gauteng, South Africa. The study, situated in the Gauteng province, South Africa, followed a conclusive research design with a post positivist paradigm. Parent questionnaires were distributed to different types of urban schools to establish the perceptions of parents regarding the factors, anxieties, aspirations and strategies influencing school choice decision-making. Findings reveal that language, income and education not only have a definitive influence on active school choice engagement but also affect the level of importance attached to specific school choice factors. Education in South Africa can thus be viewed as a unique complex system embedded in a political, cultural and economic context. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Education Association of South Africa. University of Pretoria, Centre for the Study of Resilience, Level 3, Groenkloof Student Centre, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, George Storrar Road and Lleyds Street, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Web site: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01