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Meghan Stacey – Educational Review, 2024
Teachers seeking work in market-oriented schooling systems confront a range of settings within which they might teach. This article presents the views of ten teachers on the cusp of beginning teaching in the market-oriented schooling system of Australia, regarding the school or schools they would like to work in as teachers. Data were gathered via…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Teacher Characteristics
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Wanru Xu; Bram Spruyt – Educational Review, 2024
In recent years, Innovative Schools in Dali have received increasing coverage in Chinese social media and have also attracted middle-class parents from cities, as viable bottom-up educational initiatives. This paper explores the rationales for Chinese middle-class parents' choice of Innovative Schools in Dali. Analysis of data from online…
Descriptors: College Students, Middle Class, Nontraditional Education, Parents
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Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth; Wiers-Jenssen, Jannecke – Educational Review, 2023
In this paper we have investigated students' motivations for undertaking a full degree abroad. It examines how motivations can be categorised, and if this varies according to gender, social origin, field of study and mobility capital (previous experience of living abroad or parents who have done so). The analyses are based on a survey of Norwegian…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Study Abroad, Gender Differences, Social Influences
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Woodward, Philip – Educational Review, 2022
This paper explores the differential ways that working-class sixth-form students in England utilise cultural and social capital when applying to university. This process is examined in terms of the university and course choices made and associated social advantage and prestige. It employs an interpretive paradigm using qualitative methods and a…
Descriptors: Working Class, Foreign Countries, Cultural Capital, Social Capital
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Gore, Jonathan S.; Thomas, Jessica; Jones, Stevy; Mahoney, Lauren; Dukes, Kristina; Treadway, Jodi – Educational Review, 2016
Fear of academic success is ultimately a fear of social exclusion. Therefore, various forms of social inclusion may alleviate this fear. Three studies tested the hypothesis that social inclusion variables negatively predict fear of success. In Study 1, middle and high school students (n = 129) completed surveys of parental involvement, parental…
Descriptors: Fear of Success, Social Influences, Inclusion, Middle School Students
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Housee, Shirin – Educational Review, 2010
This article reports on the views of seven Asian female Social Science students following a class seminar on religious issues and schooling at a university in the UK. It explores the importance of the post-class spontaneous student dialogue where participation in much teaching and learning is voluntary. The concern is with engaged pedagogy and…
Descriptors: Discussion, Classroom Communication, Social Influences, Classroom Environment