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Improving support for sixth form students' post-school choice making and transitions into further study and work

加强对六年级学生的毕业后选择以及向进一步学习和工作过渡的支持

基本信息

批准号：
ES/T006056/1
负责人：
Nuala Burgess
金额：
$ 13.11万
依托单位：
King's College London
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2019 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FT006056%2F1
关键词：
Improving support sixth form students

项目摘要

This fellowship aims to contribute to research-informed policy, practice and public debate to ensure that all school sixth formers receive high quality support for their post-school destinations, whether that choice is university, vocational education or employment. This will be achieved through the production of academic papers, engagement with a diverse range of professional and non-academic audiences for the collaborative generation of policy proposals and the creation of a Sixth Form Policy Network (SSPN). School sixth forms tend to be overlooked in educational research and policy-making. In contrast to the wide research interest in the earlier years and lower secondary stages of education, the final years in school tend to be treated merely as a transition stage to students' post-school destinations. In policy debates too, the focus tends to be on post-16 education generally, or access to HE. As a consequence, the distinctiveness of school sixth forms is not recognised with little attention given to how school sixth forms organise and deliver the curriculum and support for students' post-school choosing. My recent doctoral study of school sixth forms uncovered a range of formal and informal selective practices which impacted on the levels of support given to students when choosing their post-school destinations. Schools were found to invest disproportionately in high attaining students' applications to 'elite' universities. Although moderately attaining students formed the majority, they and their post-school aspirations tended to be maginalised. A lack of high-quality careers advice meant students who sought alternatives to HE were the most disadvantaged of all, especially in sixth forms where progression to university was particularly valorised.The primary aim of this fellowship is to share insights from my research and exchange knowledge with a range of audiences to a) enhance understanding and raise critical awareness of the inequalities in the quality of support for students' post-school choice-making, b) generate proposals for reform, and c) work collaboratively with key policy and practice constituencies and other relevant stakeholders to strengthen policy in this area.The fellowship will allow me to engage with research audiences through the presentation of conference papers and publications in peer-reviewed academic journals. In addition, public talks, panel debates and presentations will be organised to reach a wide range of non-academic audiences interested in sixth form reform. Working collaboratively with teachers, parents, students, school governors and other interested groups, ideas for ensuring all students have equal access to high quality support for their post-school choosing will be generated and critically evaluated. Popular support for emerging policy proposals will be achieved through writing for non-academic publications and engagement with journalists sympathetic to sixth form reform.The SSPN will be created to address the absence of a specific focus on school sixth forms in policy making, and with a remit to develop and support the implementation of policy for sixth-form reform. Comprising representatives of key policymaking groups, teacher and student unions, academics, employer groups and university admissions staff, the SSPN will share knowledge and expertise on school sixth forms and play a key role in the co-generation of policy proposals for sixth-form reform. Through engagement with the Education Select Committee (ESC), the Department of Education (DfE), and interested MPs, the SSPN will develop policy proposals elicited from a range of audiences and work towards their implementation. By the end of the fellowship, the SSPN will have started to engage in fruitful dialogue with senior policy makers and politicians. It will also have secured sponsors to ensure the continuation of its work beyond the lifetime of the fellowship.

该奖学金旨在促进研究知情的政策，实践和公共辩论，以确保所有学校六年级学生获得高质量的支持，他们的毕业后的目的地，无论是选择大学，职业教育或就业。这将通过学术论文的制作，与各种专业和非学术观众的合作产生的政策建议，并创建一个六年级政策网络（SSPN）的参与来实现。在教育研究和政策制定中，中六往往被忽视。与教育的早期和初中阶段的广泛研究兴趣相反，学校的最后几年往往仅仅被视为学生毕业后的过渡阶段。在政策辩论中，焦点也往往集中在16岁以后的教育或获得高等教育的机会上。因此，中六学校的独特性没有得到承认，很少关注中六学校如何组织和提供课程以及对学生离校后选择的支持。我最近对学校六年级的博士研究发现了一系列正式和非正式的选择性做法，这些做法影响了学生在选择毕业后的目的地时所获得的支持水平。调查发现，商学院在高分学生申请“精英”大学方面的投资不成比例。虽然中等成绩的学生占大多数，但他们和他们的毕业愿望往往是最大化的。缺乏高质量的职业建议意味着那些寻求高等教育替代方案的学生是最弱势的，特别是在六年级，那里的大学升学率特别高。这项奖学金的主要目的是与一系列观众分享我的研究和交流知识的见解，以a）加强理解和提高对学生后期支持质量不平等的批判意识，学校的选择决策，B）产生改革的建议，和c）与关键的政策和实践赞助商和其他相关利益相关者合作，以加强在这一领域的政策。奖学金将使我能够通过在同行评审的学术期刊上介绍会议论文和出版物与研究受众接触。此外，教育署亦会举办公开讲座、小组辩论和演讲，以接触对中六改革有兴趣的非学术人士。与教师，家长，学生，学校管理者和其他感兴趣的团体合作，确保所有学生都有平等的机会获得高质量的支持，为他们的毕业后选择的想法将产生和批判性的评估。将通过为非学术出版物撰写文章和与同情中六改革的记者接触，争取公众对新政策建议的支持。将建立SSPN，以解决在政策制定中缺乏对学校中六的具体关注的问题，并负责制定和支持中六改革政策的实施。SSPN由主要决策团体、教师和学生会、学者、雇主团体和大学招生工作人员的代表组成，将分享关于学校六年级的知识和专业知识，并在共同制定六年级改革政策建议方面发挥关键作用。通过与教育特别委员会（ESC），教育部（DfE）和感兴趣的议员的接触，SSPN将制定从一系列受众中引出的政策建议，并致力于实施。到研究金结束时，SSPN将开始与高级决策者和政治家进行富有成效的对话。它还将获得赞助者，以确保其工作在研究金有效期结束后继续下去。