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Counselling of Immigrant Students in Schools -- The Development of Shared Understanding between Advisers and Students
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Schuchart, Claudia; Siebel, Angelika – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2023
Careers advisers in schools are of great importance. In order for the counselling to be effective, a social capital-intensive relationship must be built up between adviser and student, characterised by trust and shared understanding of roles and expectations. The aim of this quantitative study is to investigate the influence of a student's…
Descriptors: Immigrants, School Counselors, Career Counseling, Counselor Role
Marginal Utility of Social Capital: The Assistance of Family and Friends in Choosing University Studies
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Häuberer, Julia; Brändle, Tobias – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2018
We focus on transition from school or employment to university and analyze how social network characteristics and the quantity of social capital (SC) influence the assessment of help in selecting a program of study. We analyze data of undergraduate students at a German university and find that SC has an amount and a context effect. First, we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Social Capital, Social Networks
Attitudes and Expectations: Do Attitudes towards Education Mediate the Relationship between Social Networks and Parental Expectations?
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Roth, Tobias; Salikutluk, Zerrin – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2012
Previous international research has shown that educational goals are fundamental for explaining differences in the educational attainment between individuals. For a better understanding of educational inequality, it is therefore crucial to know more about the mechanisms leading to different expectations. Our paper contributes to this field of…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Attainment, Academic Aspiration, Foreign Countries
School Social Capital and Secondary Education Plans
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Schuchart, Claudia – Educational Studies, 2013
This article intends to identify the effects of school social capital on the educational plans of students, particularly those staying in school and obtaining an intermediate certificate. It is hypothesised that social capital helps to explain individual educational plans and differences between schools regarding the amount of students with…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Social Capital, Hypothesis Testing, Teacher Expectations of Students