The political rhetoric of parity of esteem
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21511215 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan James (0000-0002-2902-0860, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 513-528 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oxford Review of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-4985 • E-ISSN: 1465-3915 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03054985.2020.1866522 |
| OpenAlex | W3122646353 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 29 |
The vocational and academic routes that make up the English education system have different purposes, for different stakeholders, with different outcomes; they can be complementary routes but are not analogous. Consequently, calls for parity of esteem belie the fundamental intention and importance of each. While these calls have persisted for over 70 years, parity between the two routes has not been achieved. This paper questions whether the term parity of esteem is useful or simply political rhetoric. It argues that parity of esteem is unachievable when one of the routes is regarded without much esteem at all, and that political rhetoric focussing on social mobility through education, specifically higher education as a means to achieving it, actively undermines the vocational route, making parity of the routes a political pipe dream
Dream · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Self-esteem · Sociology · Vocational education · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 2.33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |