Adolescents' Status Expectations in a Formally Stratified System of Secondary Schools.

Autor/inn/en	Hurrelmann, Klaus; und weitere
Titel	Adolescents' Status Expectations in a Formally Stratified System of Secondary Schools.
Quelle	(1987), (34 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Anxiety; Comparative Education; Educational Attainment; Educational Attitudes; Educational Trends; Foreign Countries; High Schools; Occupational Aspiration; Outcomes of Education; Social Status; Socioeconomic Influences; Status Need; Track System (Education); West Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Angst; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Bildungsentwicklung; Ausland; High school; Oberschule; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Sozialer Status; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Leistungsgruppe; Leistungsdifferenzierung
Abstract	A study analyzed the school plans and status expectations of West German adolescents. The study was based on (1) an analysis of official statistical documents, (2) a standardized questionnaire survey of 1,717 adolescents aged 12-17 years, and (3) a longitudinal qualitative analysis of interviews carried out with 40 adolescents over a period of 8 years. The West German secondary school system differs from that of most other industrial nations through its high degree of formal segregation of the various school types with corresponding differences in curriculum tracks. The study tested the proposition that this formally stratified secondary school system generates a process of social selection and accompanying restrictions on subsequent career perspectives. In addition, the study tested the proposition that, in all school types, substantial uncertainty regarding status expectations is manifest among those students who are threatened by relegation due to poor scholastic performance. The study proved that this status uncertainty correlates with an above-average incidence of dissatisfaction and health complaints. In West Germany, the development of uncertainty with regard to the outcomes of education and the resulting pressure for more academic attainment coupled with the threat of downward social mobility is of historic importance. The psychosocial costs of this situation can be felt in all social classes: the lower social classes are threatened with unemployment, whereas the higher social classes are threatened with not being able to maintain their high social status. (KC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC