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ERIC Number: EJ594108
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0142-5692
Class Differentiation in Education: Rational Choices?
Hatcher, Richard
British Journal of Sociology of Education, v19 n1 p5-24 Mar 1998
Examines the educational choices that young people and parents from different class backgrounds make at transition points within the system that the Rational Action Theory offers. Observes that the choices parents and their children make augment and amplify social-class differentiation. Explores two explanations for this phenomenon: "rational action" and cultural reproduction. (CMK)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Middle Class, Parent Attitudes, Qualitative Research, Social Class, Social Differences, Student Attitudes, Working Class
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Sweden