Social relations and school choice in Spain

The article presents the outcome of a sociological analysis of parents' (mostly, mothers') and teachers' reasoning on school choice in Spain. A general discussion of parental choice, as well as a specific discussion of its institutionalisation in Spain, defines the framework of the an...

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Autor: Rambla, Xavier|||0000-0003-1634-4003
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1998
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:123001
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/123001
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Escoles
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Sumario:The article presents the outcome of a sociological analysis of parents' (mostly, mothers') and teachers' reasoning on school choice in Spain. A general discussion of parental choice, as well as a specific discussion of its institutionalisation in Spain, defines the framework of the analysis. Windisch's (1992) typology of everyday reasoning spells out how the two parties of the choice social relation, namely teachers and parents, justify it. The conclusion states that class and gender are salient factors is school choice is to be explained in different institutional settings