TY - JOUR
T1 - Pathways through secondary school in a comprehensive system: Does parental education and school attended affect students' choice?
AU - CHESTERS, Jenny
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - As the Australian labour market restructured during the 1980s and 1990s, Year 12 retention rates more than doubled between 1983 and 1993 secondary schools diversified to include vocational education and training programs as alternative pathways through school. From a human capital perspective, the completion of vocational qualifications in school may represent strategic investments that enhance labour market outcomes. Using data provided by the Education and Training Directorate of the Australian Capital Territory, this paper examines the links between parents' education and pathway through school. The results indicate that stratification within the comprehensive school system sorts students into different pathways according to parental education. After controlling for academic achievement in Year 9, students with lower-educated parents were more likely than those with university-educated parents to undertake a vocational education pathway. Furthermore, level of disadvantage of the school attended in Year 9 exacerbated rather than alleviated the effect of parental education.
AB - As the Australian labour market restructured during the 1980s and 1990s, Year 12 retention rates more than doubled between 1983 and 1993 secondary schools diversified to include vocational education and training programs as alternative pathways through school. From a human capital perspective, the completion of vocational qualifications in school may represent strategic investments that enhance labour market outcomes. Using data provided by the Education and Training Directorate of the Australian Capital Territory, this paper examines the links between parents' education and pathway through school. The results indicate that stratification within the comprehensive school system sorts students into different pathways according to parental education. After controlling for academic achievement in Year 9, students with lower-educated parents were more likely than those with university-educated parents to undertake a vocational education pathway. Furthermore, level of disadvantage of the school attended in Year 9 exacerbated rather than alleviated the effect of parental education.
KW - Pathways
KW - Secondary schools
KW - Socio-economic status
KW - VET-in-schools
KW - secondary schools
KW - socio-economic status
KW - pathways
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84953839665&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/pathways-through-secondary-school-comprehensive-system-parental-education-school-attended-affect-stu
U2 - 10.1080/14480220.2015.1102467
DO - 10.1080/14480220.2015.1102467
M3 - Article
SN - 1448-0220
VL - 13
SP - 231
EP - 245
JO - International Journal of Training Research
JF - International Journal of Training Research
IS - 3
ER -