Cultural Capital and Gender Differences in Parental Involvement in Children's Schooling and Higher Education Choice in China

Autor/in	Sheng, Xiaoming
Titel	Cultural Capital and Gender Differences in Parental Involvement in Children's Schooling and Higher Education Choice in China
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 24 (2012) 2, S.131-146 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2011.582033
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Mothers; Parent Participation; Academic Achievement; Social Differences; Fathers; Cultural Capital; Gender Differences; College Choice; Asians; Semi Structured Interviews; Parent School Relationship; Foreign Countries; Confucianism; Cultural Influences; Family Relationship; Academic Aspiration; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Mother; Mutter; Elternmitwirkung; Schulleistung; Sozialer Unterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Studienortwahl; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Ausland; Konfuzianismus; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss
Abstract	This article employs the concept of cultural capital to examine the ways in which social difference in terms of gender are played out in parental involvement in children's schooling and higher education choice. The intention has been to provide an in-depth analysis of the ways in which Chinese mothers and fathers are involved in the process. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 47 secondary school students and 50 parents in Beijing. This article reveals that the transmission of cultural capital is gendered. Mothers have a different and more direct relationship to the generation of cultural capital than fathers. This article reveals that patriarchal relationships are common among Chinese families, with fathers having a controlling role and mothers having a servicing one. I suggest that the traditional cultural norms, such as that based on Confucian patriarchy, have had influences on gender relationships in the transmission of cultural capital to children's educational achievement. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10