Essays about: "Educational Inequality"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 67 essays containing the words Educational Inequality.

  1. 1. Like Parents, Like Children - The Effects of Social Origins on Children's Higher Educational Attainment in the UK

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Jonathan Stefansson; Peiyu Wang; [2023]
    Keywords : educational inequality; social origin; higher education;

    Abstract : An educated populace is a prerequisite for a functioning modern society. Educational inequality based on social origins might therefore have large economic consequences for both individuals and society at large. READ MORE

  3. 2. Between career development and modern slavery : A netnographic exploration of how LinkedIn users conceptualise and experience the unpaid internship

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Amanda Tydesjö; [2023]
    Keywords : Unpaid internship; educational contract; employability strategy; modern slavery; career development;

    Abstract : Societal demand to enhance individual employability in an increasingly congested postgraduate labour market has led to a boom in unpaid internships in the 21st century. This has produced a continuum of attitudes, from perceiving the unpaid internship as an important career opportunity to perceiving it as exploitative slavery. READ MORE

  4. 3. The state of the state of education : An analysis of the development of Dutch educational discourse and its reflection of the formulation, reinforcement, and reproduction of meritocratic ideology

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Steijn van de Peppel; [2023]
    Keywords : Meritocracy; Education; Discourse; The Netherlands; Inequality;

    Abstract : This study uses critical discourse analysis to assess how the annual report of the Dutch education system, de staat van het onderwijs, formulates, reinforces, and reproduces meritocratic ideology. A comparison of the 2010/2011 and 2020/2021 editions highlights the development of the discourse and provides a strong foundation for critical analysis. READ MORE

  5. 4. In the Competition for Children’s Success : A sociological analysis of eleven urban middle-class families’ educational perceptions and strategies in China

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Zhai Yuxuan; [2023]
    Keywords : Bourdieu; middle class; China; educational strategies;

    Abstract : Although China's educational resources have increased, and access to education has improved, inequality in education has persisted. This suggests that there will always be individuals who fail to get success through education. READ MORE

  6. 5. Education as a Double-Edge Sword: Examining the Dynamics between Education Expansion and Wage Inequality in Colombia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Laura Juanita Serna Velasco; [2023]
    Keywords : wage inequality; education expansion; Colombia; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between education and income inequality in Colombia. Using unconditional quantile regressions (UQR) this paper examines the wage returns of different education levels at various points of the wage distribution. READ MORE