Impacts of Cultural Capital on Student College Choice in China

Informationen zum Autor By Lan Gao Klappentext This study draws upon cultural capital theory and exploits 25 individual cases of students in a middle-size city in China in order to understand the patterns of college planning process of students with different socio-economic status. This study will enrich cultural capital theory by applying it to the transitional period of China in which the transformation of classes is complex and distinctive and also contribute to the understandings of the impacts of class-based cultural capital on student college-going behavior in China. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Literature Review and Empirical Research Chapter 3. Models of Student College Choice Chapter 4. Social Stratification and Higher Education Opportunities in China Chapter 5. Research Design Chapter 6. Introduction of Wuhu and the Two High Schools Chapter 7. Fuzhong High School Students Chapter 8. Nancheng High School Students Chapter 9. Cross Case Analysis Chapter 10. Findings, Limitations, and Implications

Product details

• Authors: Lan Gao, Gao Lan
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2011
• EAN: 9780739134412
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-3441-2
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Emerging Perspectives on Education in China; Emerging Perspectives on Educa; Emerging Perspectives on Educa; Emerging Perspectives on Education in China
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; China, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, asian society;asian studies;international studies