Talking about subject choice at secondary school and career aspirations: conversations with students of Chinese background |
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| Authors: | Gerda Siann Pauline Lightbody Stephen Nicholson Louise Tait Dave Walsh |
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a Institute of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
b Department of Applied Social Studies, University of Paisley, Paisley, UK
c Department of Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
d Department of Nursing Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
e Department of Social Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK |
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| Abstract: | Interviews with 15 boys and 12 girls from Chinese backgrounds are reported. The interviews, which centred on option/subject choices and career aspirations, were based on the results of a survey of 794 secondary-school students. This survey had indicated that the Chinese students included were more similar in their responses to ethnic-majority than to other ethnic-minority students. Conversation analysis of the interviews revealed three themes: students attributed their choices to (i) their liking for the subject/teacher; (ii) the link between school subjects and careers; and (iii) institutional frameworks. There was a marked omission of reference to issues related to ethnicity or gender. These findings are discussed in the context of other studies of Chinese ethnicity. |
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