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<p>What strategies do parents adopt when it comes to realizing the aspirations they have for their children’s educational career? Drawing on a longitudinal and intergenerational mixed-method study, we explore the complex interplay between children’s educational pathways and parental educational aspirations and strategies. We focus on parents of modest social status (with and without migration background) whose children’s educational trajectories have developed successfully.</p>
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What strategies do parents adopt when it comes to realizing the aspirations they have for their children’s educational career? Drawing on a longitudinal and intergenerational mixed-method study, we explore the complex interplay between children’s educational pathways and parental educational aspirations and strategies. We focus on parents of modest social status (with and without migration background) whose children’s educational trajectories have developed successfully.

Parental Investment in Children’s Educational Pathways: A Comparative View on Swiss and Migrant Families

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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What strategies do parents adopt when it comes to realizing the aspirations they have for their children’s educational career? Drawing on a longitudinal and...

Parental Investment in Children’s Educational Pathways: A Comparative View on Swiss and Migrant Families

Publié en ligne: 18 août 2023

Pages: 367 - 394

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0019

Mots clés
Parental strategies, parental investment, parental aspiration, second generation immigrant, mixed methods

© 2023 Chantal Kamm et al., published by Sciendo

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

Parental Investment in Children’s Educational Pathways: A Comparative View on Swiss and Migrant Families

Publié en ligne: 18 août 2023

Pages: 367 - 394

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0019

Mots clésParental strategies, parental investment, parental aspiration, second generation immigrant, mixed methods

© 2023 Chantal Kamm et al., published by Sciendo

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

Mots clés
Parental strategies, parental investment, parental aspiration, second generation immigrant, mixed methods