Contextualizing outcomes of public schooling: Disparate post-secondary aspirations among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal secondary students
Authors: Natasha Hudson
Overview
Abstract (English)
To understand how Aboriginal youths’ access to post-secondary schooling opportunities is created and constrained, structures of inclusion and exclusion are examined. In particular, the legitimization of unequal treatment and disparate outcomes is problematized; making the case that public schooling systems limit the opportunities of youth. In this study, youths’ post-secondary aspirations are contextualized on the basis of racial identity, gender, programs of enrolment, graduate destinations, parent’s level of schooling, parental income, and community size; binary analyses evaluate the relationships among these variables. The variables were accessed from the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) and the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). findings of this research counter other studies that demonstrate Aboriginal youth with lower post-secondary opportunities relative to their peers. This study substantiates that barriers to aspiration achievement and post-secondary opportunities are not from a lack of ambition or academic preparedness among Aboriginal youth attending Canadian public schools.
Abstract (French)
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Details
Type | Master’s thesis |
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Author | Natasha Hudson |
Publication Year | 2009 |
Title | Contextualizing outcomes of public schooling: Disparate post-secondary aspirations among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal secondary students |
City | Toronto, ON |
Department | Adult Education and Counselling Psychology Department |
University | OISE, University of Toronto |
Publication Language | English |
- Natasha Hudson
- Contextualizing outcomes of public schooling: Disparate post-secondary aspirations among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal secondary students
- Natasha Hudson
- OISE, University of Toronto
- 2009
- Master’s thesis