The Effect of Parental Social Status in Academia: Comparative Case of the Public/Private University in Morocco.

Autor: Aamro, El Hassan, Chafiq, Nadia, Radid, Mohamed, Talbi, Mohammed
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Zdroj: International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy; 2023, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p80-99, 20p
Abstrakt: In the educational system, the different parental resources of university students are linked to social inequality through distinct mechanisms; they are reproduced and legitimized. Students' assumed indexed socioeconomic status (SES), based on educational attainment, parental occupation, or family income, is a predictor of academic outcomes. The implementation of interventions that reduce the achievement gap in SES can face significant ideological barriers. The purpose of the study is to compare the effect of students" social backgrounds at the two institutions (public/private) on academic outcomes. Following a purely sociological approach, the comparative study analyzes, through a questionnaire survey, the socio-economic and cultural environment of the students of two Moroccan universities: (1) the Faculty of Sciences Ben M"Sick (FSBM) of Casablanca, a public institution, and (2) a private institution located in the same city but geographically in an advantaged neighborhood. The results obtained attest that the social and cultural heritage of the parents transmitted to the students has effects on social reproduction, as well as the strong significant implication of the social origin in their learning process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index