Choosing Schools, Choosing Selves: Exploring the Influence of Parental Identity and Biography on the School Choice Process in Delhi, India

Autor/in	Gurney, Eleanor
Titel	Choosing Schools, Choosing Selves: Exploring the Influence of Parental Identity and Biography on the School Choice Process in Delhi, India
Quelle	In: International Studies in Sociology of Education, 26 (2016) 1, S.19-35 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0962-0214
DOI	10.1080/09620214.2017.1279560
Schlagwörter	School Choice; Qualitative Research; Low Income; Parent Attitudes; Self Concept; Sociocultural Patterns; Private Schools; Educational Background; Parent Background; Parenting Skills; Foreign Countries; Decision Making; Case Studies; Semi Structured Interviews; Elementary Schools; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Choice of school; Schulwahl; Qualitative Forschung; Niedriglohn; Elternverhalten; Selbstkonzept; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Private school; Privatschule; Vorbildung; Elternhaus; Ausland; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Indien
Abstract	Drawing on qualitative interview data from a group of lower income parents in Delhi, India, this paper focuses on the dynamic relationship between parental choice of a particular school and parents' own identity construction. The data indicate that choice of school is for some parents a symbolic expression of identity, influenced by family dynamics and parents' educational biographies. The paper outlines the concept of "forging solidarities" and proposes it as an alternative way of understanding school enrolment decisions that recognises the social significance of such choices for the wider family unit. More generally, as school choice mechanisms in various forms become an increasingly important part of the educational landscape in many countries, the findings draw attention to the sociocultural nature of choice in real-world market settings and the contribution of schooling choices to processes of social and educational segregation. (As Provided).
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