Overview
- Analyses the roles of genealogy, family and higher education in shaping aspirations and careers
- Uses a chemistry department as a case study to explore motives for pursuing a STEM degree
- Illuminates areas where work is required to achieve greater equality of access
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This book examines the role of the family in intra and inter-generational social movement. The authors take a genealogical approach to researching social mobility, using a university chemistry department as a case study to explore participants’ motives for pursuing a STEM undergraduate degree and the influences that have shaped them. Assessing the roles of genealogy, family and higher education in shaping their aspirations and careers, the authors examine the contributions of these variables to the students aspirations. With a wealth of empirically rich qualitative data, the authors identify areas where work is required to achieve greater equality of access to high performing chemistry departments and enhance career outcomes, which could be applied more widely. This book will appeal to scholars of educational inequalities and widening access, particularly in terms of STEM education.
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About the authors
Kate Hoskins is Reader in Education at Brunel University, UK.
Bernard Barker is Emeritus Professor of Educational Leadership and Management at the University of Leicester, UK and Chair of Governors at Queen Katharine Academy, UK.
Bernard Barker is Emeritus Professor of Educational Leadership and Management at the University of Leicester, UK and Chair of Governors at Queen Katharine Academy, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: STEM, Social Mobility and Equality
Book Subtitle: Avenues for Widening Access
Authors: Kate Hoskins, Bernard Barker
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49216-8
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-49215-1Published: 26 July 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-49218-2Published: 27 July 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-49216-8Published: 25 July 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 184
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociology of Education, Science Education, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging