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Making it against the odds: How individual and parental co-agency predict educational mobility

Schoon, Ingrid; Burger, Kaspar; Cook, Rose (2021). Making it against the odds: How individual and parental co-agency predict educational mobility. Journal of Adolescence, 89:74-83.

Abstract

This study examines the role of individual agency and parental co-agency as resource factors enabling educational mobility (university enrolment and degree completion) among first- generation students. The study is based on Next Steps, a nationally representative cohort of UK students. Path models were run, linking different dimensions of agency assessed at age 13/14 to educational attainment by age 25/26, controlling for academic attainment and socio-demographic factors. Educational mobility was predicted by student’s expectation to go to university, their expectation of success, and school engagement during secondary school. In addition, parental co-agency played a significant role - highlighting the importance of parents in supporting upward educational mobility of their children. Conclusions: Multiple dimensions of agency are necessary for disadvantaged students to achieve academically. To support first-generation students, schools need to provide opportunities for them to become engaged in education, to experience mastery and to develop realistic expectations of success

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > Institute of Sociology
06 Faculty of Arts > Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development
Dewey Decimal Classification:370 Education
Scopus Subject Areas:Health Sciences > Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Social Sciences & Humanities > Social Psychology
Social Sciences & Humanities > Developmental and Educational Psychology
Health Sciences > Psychiatry and Mental Health
Uncontrolled Keywords:Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health, Social Psychology
Language:English
Date:1 June 2021
Deposited On:17 May 2021 11:08
Last Modified:25 Jan 2025 02:37
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0140-1971
OA Status:Hybrid
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.04.004
PubMed ID:33895639
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