ERIC Number: EJ1010546
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Mar
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-5698
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School Social Capital and Secondary Education Plans
Schuchart, Claudia
Educational Studies, v39 n1 p29-42 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 particular educational plans. The analyses are based on a survey of 1638?year 8 Hauptschule students in Germany. The results show that the quality of relationships with teachers is of crucial importance for the educational plans of individual students. Furthermore, differences between schools can be explained by the degree of school expectations. This finding supports the assumption that schools provide different settings, not only for learning processes but also for developing educational aspirations and plans. (Contains 4 tables and 4 notes.)
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Social Capital, Hypothesis Testing, Teacher Expectations of Students, Questionnaires, Predictor Variables, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, School Culture, Educational Environment, Individual Differences, Organizational Culture, Academic Aspiration, Academic Achievement, Gender Differences, Family Influence, Socioeconomic Status, Family Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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