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Faktory podmiňující vzdělanostní aspirace a vzdělanostní segregaci dívek a chlapců v českém vzdělávacím systému
Factors behind the Educational Aspirations and Educational Segregation of Girls and Boys in the Czech Education System
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Abstract The objective of this article is to contribute to the analysis of the factors that influence the educational aspirations of boys & girls in the Czech Republic & vertical inequality in the Czech education system. Drawing on Mateju & Strakova's monograph Unequal Chances in Education, the authors enhan... view more
The objective of this article is to contribute to the analysis of the factors that influence the educational aspirations of boys & girls in the Czech Republic & vertical inequality in the Czech education system. Drawing on Mateju & Strakova's monograph Unequal Chances in Education, the authors enhance the discussion with a look at the gender aspect of choices of educational trajectory. The authors review existing theories to present the main arguments from research on educational aspirations by gender. They point out the ambiguity of studies to date on the effect of gender in the education system, as they have often arrived at contradictory findings. The authors look at the theories in which the differences in educational aspirations are related to gender & the theoretical & empirical arguments that reject gender as a category for distinguishing educational aspirations. The authors summarize the research to date on gender segregation in the education system, & then offer their own conclusions, based on a secondary analysis of data from the PISA-L in 2003. Their results reveal, in conformity with the analysis by Mateju & Strakova, that while according to these analyses gender does not have an effect on differences in the educational aspirations of boys & girls, it does have an effect on some aspects of the resulting segregation of the education system & thus on a student's choice of secondary school.... view less
Classification
Sociology of Education
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Free Keywords
Educational Attainment; Goals; Labor Market; Occupational Mobility; Sex Differences; Czech Republic
Document language
Czech
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 23-54
Journal
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 44 (2008) 1
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications