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Ability as legitimation of tracking: Teachers' representations of students in vocational and academic tracks

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, Volume 48, Issue 6, Page 1049-1064, December 2022., 2022
Abstract The division of educational systems into different tracks—academic and vocational—represents one of the key elements in explaining social stratification and inequalities. Previous research identifies teachers' expectations as a critical factor to understand the relationship between tracking and social inequality.
Aina Tarabini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Homelessness and Housing Instability Among Care Leavers in Australia: Exploring Housing Pathways and Best Practice Housing Models

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A significant proportion of young people exiting Out‐of‐Home Care (OOHC) encounter substantial challenges in securing housing, often leading to homelessness within a few months after leaving care. All Australian jurisdictions have now approved extended care programs up to 21 years; however, none of them currently offer these young people ...
Yujie Zhao, Jacinta Waugh
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring cumulative disadvantage in early school leaving and planned post‐school pathways among those identified with special educational needs in Irish primary schools

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, Volume 48, Issue 6, Page 1065-1082, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Reflecting the neglect of childhood disability in social stratification research, there is a notable dearth of research on the mechanisms underpinning disability differentials in educational outcomes. Drawing on rich longitudinal data collected at 9, 13 and 17 years as part of Ireland's ‘Growing Up in Ireland’ study, we look at the impact of ...
Eamonn Carroll   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decoding excellence: Mapping the demand for psychological traits of operations and supply chain professionals through text mining [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
The current study proposes an innovative methodology for the profiling of psychological traits of Operations Management (OM) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) professionals. We use innovative methods and tools of text mining and social network analysis to map the demand for relevant skills from a set of job descriptions, with a focus on psychological ...
arxiv  

Which is the More Predictable Gender? Public Good Contribution and Personality [PDF]

open access: yes
Personality questionnaires have been used and can be used to predict behavior in economic settings. Using two sets of state-of-the-art measures from personality psychology (the Big Six) and social psychology (Social Value Orientation), we find that the ...
Perugini, Marco   +2 more
core  

The Gender Harassment Experiences of Women Who Play, Coach, Officiate and Manage Sport in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sport remains a male‐dominated industry despite increasing numbers of women participating and working in a variety roles and contexts. In many sports, women report negative experiences and face gendered challenges as elite players, community players, coaches and referees.
Samantha Marshall   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Putting climate change at the heart of education: Is England's strategy a placebo for policy?

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, Volume 48, Issue 6, Page 1083-1101, December 2022., 2022
Abstract In this paper we present an analysis of the sustainability and climate change strategy for education and children's services systems in England, produced by the Department for Education. Using critical discourse analysis, we juxtapose qualitative data collected from >200 youth teachers and teacher educators in the context of co‐creating a ...
Lynda Dunlop, Elizabeth A. C. Rushton
wiley   +1 more source

Moral Judgments in Social Dilemmas: How Bad is Free Riding? [PDF]

open access: yes
In the last thirty years, economists and other social scientists have investigated people’s normative views on distributive justice. Here we study people’s normative views in social dilemmas, which underlie many situations of economic and social ...
Michalis Drouvelis   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

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