ERIC Number: EJ1100876
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Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 19
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Recruiting Young Volunteers in an Area of Selective Education: A Qualitative Case Study
Dean, Jon
British Journal of Sociology of Education, v37 n4 p643-661 2016
This article presents findings from a small qualitative case study of a youth volunteering brokerage organisation in England, operating in an area of selective state education. Data show how brokerage workers felt grammar schools managed their students in a concerted way to improve students' chances of attending university. Conversely, workers expressed difficulty in working with comprehensive schools, feeling they were less willing to utilise volunteering services. These impressions lead the volunteering organisation to focus intently on recruiting potential volunteers from local grammar schools. As a result there is a need to reframe current debates in the sociology of education around institutional habitus, with a focus on the perceived habitus/doxa of schools. It is ultimately this (mis)recognition of institutional practices that leads to unequal policy outcomes, in this case reinforcing the advantage of academically elite students attending grammar schools.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Recruitment, Student Volunteers, Cultural Capital, Extracurricular Activities, Primary Education, Educational Sociology, Educational Practices, Equal Education, Private Schools, Semi Structured Interviews, Qualitative Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Primary Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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