How Do Parents Choose a School for Their Child? An Example of the Exercise of Parental Choice.

Morgan, Valerie; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ464997

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Publication Date: 1993

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How Do Parents Choose a School for Their Child? An Example of the Exercise of Parental Choice.

Morgan, Valerie; And Others

Educational Research, v35 n2 p139-48 Sum 1993

Five factors motivated parents' choice of new integrated schools in Northern Ireland (Catholics and Protestants together): (1) ideology; (2) educational quality; (3) dissatisfaction with present school; (4) convenience; and (5) mixed marriages. Goals and aspirations among parents were sometimes incompatible, which could affect school development. (SK)

Descriptors: Catholics, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Ideology, Parent Attitudes, Protestants, School Choice, School Desegregation

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

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