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A Level Playing "Field"? A Bourdieusian Analysis of the Career Aspirations of Further Education Students on Sports Courses
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Connolly, Daniel J.; Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn; Evans, Adam B. – Sport, Education and Society, 2016
There is currently a distinct dearth of research into how sports students' career aspirations are formed during their post-compulsory education. This article, based on an ethnographic study of sport students in tertiary education, draws on data collected from two first-year cohorts (n = 34) on two different courses at a further education college…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Occupational Aspiration, Ethnography, Observation
Assessment of Educational Neuromyths among Teachers and Teacher Candidates
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Canbulat, Tuncay; Kiriktas, Halit – Journal of Education and Learning, 2017
The aim of study is to determine the neuromyth level of teachers and pre-teachers and reveal if there is significant difference in terms of some variables (gender, class, etc.). Research was designed in survey model. The research sample was formed with 241 teachers and 511 teacher candidates. In the collection of data, "Educational neuromyths…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Misconceptions, Predictor Variables, Gender Differences
Gender Differences in the Influence of Parental Class on Young Adults' Participation in Postsecondary Education in the US
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Weiss, Felix; Scholten, Mirte M. M. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2014
As with earlier social disparities in educational achievement, re-enrolment in college education can depend on parental social background. We link this finding with gender differences using data from the US National Longitudinal Study of Youth 79 and ask if the decision to re-enrol in college is influenced by parental social class in a…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Young Adults, Postsecondary Education, Student Participation
Commitment to Environmental Sustainability in the UK Student Population
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Cotton, Debby R. E.; Alcock, Ian – Studies in Higher Education, 2013
Sustainability is an increasingly important issue in higher education, both in the UK and internationally. Although environmental sustainability is the most frequently identified of the three pillars of sustainability (social and economic sustainability being less widely understood), there has been little previous research which has quantitatively…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Sustainability, Cohort Analysis
The Education-Occupation Match, Seen from an Educational Perspective
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Berggren, Caroline – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2011
This is a Swedish study about the correspondence between higher education studies and the obtained profession considering both skill level and specialisation. The labour market position in 2002, for a student population, aged 26-28 years, was analyzed. Also those students who had not obtained a degree, but who had studied at least two years were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Education Work Relationship
Social Class Barriers of the Massification of Higher Education in Taiwan
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Ru-Jer, Wang – Chinese Education and Society, 2012
In recent years, the rapid growth of higher education in Taiwan has led to an essential shift from education for the elite to the massification of higher education. Although this massification is making higher education more accessible, one of the main concerns is whether opportunities for higher education are the same among all social classes in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Opportunities, Foreign Countries, Educational Change