Social inequalities in the French education system
The joint effect of individual and contextual factors
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11489258 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marie Duru-Bellat (0000-0003-3927-4335), Marie Duru‐bellat (Université de Bourgogne, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-40 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Education Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-0939 • E-ISSN: 1464-5106 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/026809300285999 |
| OpenAlex | W2164375138 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 8 |
This paper presents a synthetic picture of social inequalities in pupils' scholastic careers in France. Individual factors such as socio-economic backgroun remain important for both academic results from the beginning of schooling on and option and streaming choices at the secondary level. Moreover, families have unequal resources to manage their children's schooling careers in a system which is becoming more complex and decentralized. This means that contextual factors are also very important. Decentralization has in fact increased the importance of choice of schooling context : the class or the school attented does make a difference and this has the effect of widening social gaps in academic results and socialization. The present trend towards more autonomous schools fosters inequalities resulting from contextual factors but inequalities are also produced by the downgrading of degrees resulting from the fact that employers are requiring ever-higher degrees in a period of job shortage. L'objet de ce texte est de donner, de façon synthétique, un aperçu des inégalités sociales dans les carrières scolaires des élèves français. Certains facteurs individuels, tels l'origine socio-économique, demeurent importants d'une part, dans les résultats scolaires dès le début de la scolarisation, et, d'autre part, dans le choix de l'option et de la filière dans l'enseignement secondaire. Mais, les facteurs contextuels ne doivent pas être négligés. La décentralisation a, en fait, augmenté l'importance du choix du contexte de scolarisation : la classe ou l'école fréquentée doit être différente. Cela accro\\it les différences sociales de réussite scolaire et de socialisation. La présente tendance à plus d'autonomie scolaire favorise ainsi les inégalités résultant de facteurs contextuels. Mais les inégalités sont aussi produites par la dévalorisation des diplômes due, en période de chômage, à la demande, sur le marché du travail, de diplômes de plus en plus élevés
Inequality · Joint (building · Social inequality · Sociology · Engineering · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Policies and Family · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Citations per year | 0.65 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2026 (27) |
| Highly cited | No |