| Autor: |
Kerckhoff, Alan C., Everett, Diane D. |
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Research in Sociology of Education & Socialization; 1986, Vol. 6, p133-163, 31p |
| Abstrakt: |
The article focuses on sponsored and contest education pathways to jobs in Great Britain and the U.S. Most comparative discussions of the British and American school systems have made use of sociologist R.H. Turner's seminal discussion of the differences between the two. Turner suggested that education in the U.S. reflected a normative commitment to contest mobility, while in the British educational system sponsored mobility was the norm. Since these suggestions were made, there have been significant changes in both educational systems, but the British changes have been especially noteworthy. In particular, the British educational system has been moved much closer to the American by establishing comprehensive secondary schools which have largely replaced the types of selective schools that once constituted the most distinctive feature of the British system. However, the research to be reported here uses data relevant to the period prior to that very significant change. The characterization of the two educational systems by the terms sponsored and contest is thus as appropriate here as it was at the time Turner introduced the terms. |
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