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Direct linkSmith, Paul H. – Educational Review, 2018
This article discusses the reasons offered by one group of paraprofessionals to explain their decision to study for a work-related higher education programme. It reports on an ethnographically inspired piece of research that aimed to capture the initial motives that a group of teaching assistants had for studying for a Foundation degree at a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Higher Education, Teaching Assistants
Fuller, Carol – Educational Review, 2014
This paper considers the role of social capital in the aspirations for higher education of a group of socially disadvantaged girls. Drawing on data from a longitudinal, ethnographic case study of an underperforming secondary school, the paper considers current conceptualisations of social capital and its role in educational ambitions. The paper…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Trust (Psychology), Academic Aspiration, Higher Education
