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<p>The present study investigates the Swiss population’s perceptions of education. The results show that education is rated as very important. While functional and value-rational ideas about education are diferentiated in terms of social structure, there are no diferences related to origin and education for traditional ideas about education. Regardless of actual educational opportunities, disregarding gender and cohort diferences, approval of equal opportunities in the education system is high in all social groups.</p>
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The present study investigates the Swiss population’s perceptions of education. The results show that education is rated as very important. While functional and value-rational ideas about education are diferentiated in terms of social structure, there are no diferences related to origin and education for traditional ideas about education. Regardless of actual educational opportunities, disregarding gender and cohort diferences, approval of equal opportunities in the education system is high in all social groups.

The Social Structure on Perception and Attitudes on Education in Switzerland

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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The present study investigates the Swiss population’s perceptions of education. The results show that education is rated as very important. While functional...

The Social Structure on Perception and Attitudes on Education in Switzerland

Publié en ligne: 03 mars 2023

Pages: 153 - 177

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0009

Mots clés
Educational attitudes, inequality of opportunities, Switzerland, educational expansion, meritocracy

© 2023 Barbara Zimmermann et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Social Structure on Perception and Attitudes on Education in Switzerland

Publié en ligne: 03 mars 2023

Pages: 153 - 177

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0009

Mots clésEducational attitudes, inequality of opportunities, Switzerland, educational expansion, meritocracy

© 2023 Barbara Zimmermann et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Educational attitudes, inequality of opportunities, Switzerland, educational expansion, meritocracy