Schoon, I;
Burger, K;
Cook, R;
(2021)
Making it against the odds: How individual and parental co-agency predict educational mobility.
Journal of Adolescence
, 89
pp. 74-83.
10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.04.004.
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION: 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. METHODS: 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. RESULTS: 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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Making it against the odds: How individual and parental co-agency predict educational mobility. |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.04.004 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.04.004 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Crown Copyright © 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Educational resilience, First generation students, Individual agency, Parental aspirations and expectations |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10127721 |
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