Parental Investment in Children’s Educational Pathways: A Comparative View on Swiss and Migrant Families

What strategies do parents adopt when it comes to realizing the aspirations they have for their children’s educational career? Drawing on a longitudinal and intergenerational mixed-method study, we explore the complex interplay between children’s educational pathways and parental educational aspirat...

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Main Authors: Kamm Chantal, Gomensoro Andrés, Heers Marieke, Hupka-Brunner Sandra
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Seismo Verlag 2023-07-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Sociology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0019
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author Kamm Chantal
Gomensoro Andrés
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description What strategies do parents adopt when it comes to realizing the aspirations they have for their children’s educational career? Drawing on a longitudinal and intergenerational mixed-method study, we explore the complex interplay between children’s educational pathways and parental educational aspirations and strategies. We focus on parents of modest social status (with and without migration background) whose children’s educational trajectories have developed successfully.
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spelling doaj.art-09fe87d6a98f400890bb9f9ba9f3cec52024-11-02T16:20:17ZdeuSeismo VerlagSwiss Journal of Sociology2297-83482023-07-0149236739410.2478/sjs-2023-0019Parental Investment in Children’s Educational Pathways: A Comparative View on Swiss and Migrant FamiliesKamm Chantal0Gomensoro Andrés1Heers Marieke2Hupka-Brunner Sandra31Bern University of Teacher Education2University of Bern, CH-3012Bern3FORS, CH-1015Lausanne2University of Bern, CH-3012BernWhat strategies do parents adopt when it comes to realizing the aspirations they have for their children’s educational career? Drawing on a longitudinal and intergenerational mixed-method study, we explore the complex interplay between children’s educational pathways and parental educational aspirations and strategies. We focus on parents of modest social status (with and without migration background) whose children’s educational trajectories have developed successfully.https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0019parental strategiesparental investmentparental aspirationsecond generation immigrantmixed methods
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Parental Investment in Children’s Educational Pathways: A Comparative View on Swiss and Migrant Families
Swiss Journal of Sociology
parental strategies
parental investment
parental aspiration
second generation immigrant
mixed methods
title Parental Investment in Children’s Educational Pathways: A Comparative View on Swiss and Migrant Families
title_full Parental Investment in Children’s Educational Pathways: A Comparative View on Swiss and Migrant Families
title_fullStr Parental Investment in Children’s Educational Pathways: A Comparative View on Swiss and Migrant Families
title_full_unstemmed Parental Investment in Children’s Educational Pathways: A Comparative View on Swiss and Migrant Families
title_short Parental Investment in Children’s Educational Pathways: A Comparative View on Swiss and Migrant Families
title_sort parental investment in children s educational pathways a comparative view on swiss and migrant families
topic parental strategies
parental investment
parental aspiration
second generation immigrant
mixed methods
url https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0019
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