ERIC Number: EJ1432282
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Publication Date: 2024-Jun
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Grade 12 Students' Perceptions of Educational Tracks in Flanders
Margo Vandenbroeck; Jonas Dockx; Rianne Janssen
Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, v27 n3 p1065-1095 2024
The stereotype content model (SCM) describes that groups of people are mainly appraised according to two dimensions: warmth and competence. The present study's aim was to investigate possible stereotyped perceptions held by Grade 12 students in Flanders (the northern part of Belgium) of students in the three major educational tracks. They were asked for ingroup and outgroup evaluations, both in general and for different personality traits. As expected, evidence was found for ingroup favouritism, meaning that respondents rated students from their own educational track more positively compared to students in other educational tracks. The status hierarchy between educational tracks in Flanders was reflected in the judgements of respondents from the general track and respondents from the technical track. Respondents from the vocational track showed a reverse pattern, which can be explained by social identity theory and an anti-school culture in vocational education. Finally, for positively formulated personality traits, the warmth-competence dimensionality of the judgements was confirmed together with the compensation hypothesis of the SCM, stating that lower ratings on warmth covary with higher ratings on competence (and vice versa).
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 12, Student Attitudes, Track System (Education), Stereotypes, Vertical Organization, Personality Traits, Evaluation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 12; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Belgium
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