Young people's higher education choices: the role of family and friends
Young people's higher education choices: the role of family and friends
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DOI：
10.1080/01425690301896
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发表时间：
2003-07-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Brooks, R
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作者：
Brooks, R
以往关于高等教育（HE）选择的研究往往在工人阶级背景的年轻人和中产阶级同龄人的决定之间形成强烈对比。本文借鉴了一个定性的，纵向的研究认为，这样的假设社会阶层的同质性忽视了非常不同的方式，学生从一个类似的（中产阶级）的位置来了解高等教育部门。它还表明，虽然家庭对年轻人对该部门的概念化有很大的影响，但朋友和同龄人在决定什么是“可行的”选择方面发挥着重要作用。事实上，本文显示了如何排名内友谊团体，在许多情况下，直接转置到一个层次结构的高等教育机构和课程。根据这一证据，它得出结论，家庭和朋友之间的两步互动最好地解释了这些年轻人参与的决策过程。
Previous studies of higher education (HE) choice have tended to draw a strong contrast between the decisions made by young people from working-class backgrounds and those of their middle-class peers. This paper draws on a qualitative, longitudinal study to argue that such assumptions about social class homogeneity overlook the very different ways in which students from a similar (middle class) location come to understand the HE sector. It also suggests that while families have a strong influence on young people's conceptualisation of the sector, friends and peers play an important role in informing decisions about what constitutes a 'feasible' choice. Indeed, this paper shows how rankings within friendship groups were, in many cases, transposed directly onto a hierarchy of HE institutions and courses. On the basis of this evidence, it concludes that a two-step interaction between family and friends best explains the decision-making processes in which these young people were engaged.