Journal Articles

A qualitative illustration of the operation of secondary effect of social stratification: Decisions of community-college students in seeking a transfer in Hong Kong

Title:
A qualitative illustration of the operation of secondary effect of social stratification: Decisions of community-college students in seeking a transfer in Hong Kong
Authors:
- Wong, Yi Lee The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Source:
Journal of Education, 203(4), 856-864, 2023
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Year Published:
2023
Education Categories:
- Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  - QG Adult, Lifelong & Continuing Education
    - QGA Community Education
Keywords:
Class Community College Educational Choice Qualitative Analysis Secondary Effect of Social Stratification
Region:
- Hong Kong
Period:
- 1997.7 onwards
Level:
- Post-Secondary Education
Abstract:
This paper offers a qualitative analysis of decisions of 64 community-college students in seeking a transfer in Hong Kong. In weighing a number of educational options and then offers, with a similar level of desirability in some cases, in order to achieve their transfers, advantaged-class and disadvantaged-class respondents struggled with different logics of reasoning and negotiated anxiously with their changing structural realities. This qualitative analysis addresses the contextual, processual and emotional aspects of their decision making and provides a more convincing illustration of how the secondary effect of social stratification operates against a changing landscape of higher education. Copyright © 2023 SAGE Publications.
Language:
- English
Document Type:
Journal Articles
ISSN:
- 00220574
DOI:
- 10.1177/00220574221088499
Permalink:
https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/7823ae79
Entry Date:
2024-04-09