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Higher education choice in China : social stratification, gender and educational inequality
Author
Title
Higher education choice in China : social stratification, gender and educational inequality / Xiaoming Sheng.
ISBN
1315814250
1317803930
1317803949
9781315814254
9781317803935
9781317803942
041584309X
9780415843096
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2014.
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations
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Summary
"Much of the existing research on parental involvement and higher education choice examines the difference between the working class and the middle class, but little literature looks at different factions within the social classes. This book discusses higher education choice in China, particularly through the examination of social issues such as social stratification, parental involvement, and gender and educational inequality. Drawing from an empirical study based on Bourdieu's theory, the book explores both inter-class and intra-class differences in China, providing an insight into how social class differences influence a number of issues, including:educational equality the role parents, especially mothers, play in higher education decision-making the relationship between traditional cultural norms gendered relationships within Chinese families. The sociology of higher education choices are derived through feedback from various sources, including both parents and students themselves. The book will be key reading for postgraduates and researchers in the fields of sociology, sociology of education, Chinese studies and Asian studies"-- Provided by publisher
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Sheng, Xiaoming. Higher education choice in China
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Series
Routledge research in Asian education
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Setting the scene
Introduction
Social stratification in Chinese transitional society
Chinese education system
Relevant research in China
Relevant research in Western countries
Research methodology
Theoretic debates in Chinese studies
Why use Bourdieu's theory in China?
Conceptual framework
Structure of the book
2. Class and higher education choice
Introduction
Educational expectations of parents and students
Middle-class cultural capital and its influences
Middle-class focus on campus culture when making choices
Working-class parents trying their best under difficult circumstances
Conclusions
3. Gender and higher education choice
Introduction
Gender differences in parental involvement
Gender and mothers' involvement
Gender and fathers' involvement
Conclusions
4. Cultural capital and class strategy: how middle-class mothers make cultural capital work
Introduction
Results of ordinal logistic regression of students' study scores
Cultural capital and its influences
The ways in which middle-class mothers make family cultural capital work
Working-class mothers' educational involvement in difficult circumstances
Conclusions
5. Capital and social stratification: four social factions within the middle classes
Introduction
Cultural capital and social stratification
Economic capital and choice strategy
Social capital and choice-making
Intra-class differences: the four factions within the middle classes in China
Conclusions
6. Habitus and the reproduction of cultural capital
Introduction
Middle-class familial habitus
Working-class familial habitus
Institutional habitus and its influences
Habitus and the inheritance of cultural capital
Conclusions
7. Contributions and conclusions
Findings of the research
Application of Bourdieu's theoretical framework in the Chinese context
Implications for future research
Implications for educational policy and practices.
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