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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| Affiliation: | a Institute of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of Dundee, Dundee, UKb Department of Applied Social Studies, University of Paisley, Paisley, UKc Department of Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UKd Department of Nursing Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKe 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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